Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn held the Bishopric of Olomouc from 1664 until his death in 1695, presiding over a diocese still recovering from the devastation of the Thirty Years' War. Large gold multiples of this kind were not struck for commerce — they functioned as diplomatic gifts and presentation pieces, distributed to signal the Bishop's wealth and ecclesiastical authority to secular and clerical peers alike. Few changed hands more than once.
Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn held the Bishopric of Olomouc from 1664 until his death in 1695, presiding over a diocese still recovering from the devastation of the Thirty Years' War. Large gold multiples of this kind were not struck for commerce — they functioned as diplomatic gifts and presentation pieces, distributed to signal the Bishop's wealth and ecclesiastical authority to secular and clerical peers alike. Few changed hands more than once.