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2 Ducats - Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn
| Issuer | Bishopric of Olomouc |
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| Year | 1672-1693 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1613-1748) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Bishop Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn facing right, depicted with long flowing curled hair, set within a beaded inner circle. The bishop wears ecclesiastical robes with visible armour detailing at the shoulder. The encircling Latin legend reads CAROL D : G · EPVS · OLOMVCENSIS · DVX · S · R · I · PCEPS, identifying him as Bishop of Olomouc and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. The portrait is rendered in a high-relief Baroque style typical of mid-to-late seventeenth-century Central European coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROL, D : G · EPVS · OLOMVCENSIS · DVX · S · R · I · PCEPS · |
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Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn ruled the Bishopric of Olomouc for over two decades during the most intensive phase of re-Catholicization in Moravia, wielding both ecclesiastical and considerable secular authority in a region still recovering from the devastation of the Thirty Years' War. Gold ducats from episcopal mints of this period were instruments of prestige as much as exchange — issued in limited quantities to mark the bishop's sovereign minting rights and circulated primarily among the nobility and merchant elite rather than in everyday commerce.
The 21-year span of this type makes attribution to specific years difficult without die study; most examples lack a full legible date.