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4 Ducats - Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1586 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Archangel Michael, crowned and in full armour, stands in three-quarter pose turned to the left, bearing a small cross upon his helm, and thrusts a cross-tipped lance downward into a writhing dragon prostrate at his feet. The figure is rendered in the vigorous Late Renaissance style, with detailed drapery and armour. The composition is enclosed by rich ornamental borders. The encircling Latin legend invoking the Archangel's intercession runs around the periphery of the field. |
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Johann Jakob Khuen von Belasi served as Archbishop of Salzburg from 1560 until his death in 1586 — the same year this coin was struck, making it almost certainly a late-reign or posthumous issue. His tenure coincided with the most aggressive phase of Counter-Reformation policy in the region, and the archbishopric's mint was active in producing prestige multiples as diplomatic gifts and display pieces for the Catholic nobility. Four-ducat strikes of this period were never intended for commercial circulation.
The Probszt reference places this among a small group of documented high-denomination Salzburg gold issues from the 1580s.