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3 Ducats - Wolfgang von Schrattenbach
| Issuer | Bishopric of Olomouc (Kingdom of Bohemia) |
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| Year | 1717 |
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| Weight | 10.42 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | WOLFFG:D:G:S:R:E:PRESB:CARD.DESCHRATTEMBACH EP.OL. |
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Wolfgang von Schrattenbach was appointed Prince-Bishop of Olomouc in 1711 and proved an energetic patron of the arts and religious architecture in Moravia — his episcopate coinciding with the full flourishing of Baroque building programs across the region. Multi-ducat presentation pieces of this type were not struck for circulation; they functioned as diplomatic gifts and personal largesse, distributed at court ceremonials or to mark significant ecclesiastical occasions. Production at this weight and fineness was deliberately conspicuous.
Fr#96 is among the scarcer Schrattenbach gold issues, with surviving examples concentrated almost entirely in institutional collections.