8 Ducats Madonna - Paris von Lodron

Paris von Lodron secured Salzburg's neutrality during the Thirty Years' War through a combination of diplomacy and fortification — the city's walls, expanded substantially under his direction beginning in 1620, kept both Imperial and Protestant armies at a calculated distance. That carefully managed security allowed the Salzburg mint to function without interruption during years when most Central European minting operations were severely disrupted or debased to fund military campaigns.

The multiple Zöttl references reflect genuine die variation across the issue's four-year span rather than a single continuous type.