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5 Ducats - Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau

Issuer Salzburg, Archbishopric of
Year 1587-1612
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Diameter 28 mm
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Obverse description Bust of Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau facing right, depicted in high relief with curly hair, short beard, and dressed in ecclesiastical robes; he wears a prominent clerical biretta atop his head. The portrait is rendered in a vigorous Late Renaissance style, occupying the majority of the flan. The bust is surrounded by a wreath border, with the Latin legend reading WOLF·TEOD·AR·EPS·SALIS·SED·AP·LEG distributed around the periphery, identifying the archbishop as Bishop of Salzburg and Apostolic Legate.
Obverse script Latin
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Reverse lettering DOMINUS REGIT ME
(Translation: The Lord guides me, rules me)
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