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8 Ducats - Markus Sittikus von Hohenems
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1613 |
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| Weight | 27.8 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Markus Sittikus von Hohenems became Archbishop of Salzburg in 1612 after his predecessor Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau was deposed and imprisoned — partly for backing the losing side in a dispute with Bavaria over salt trade routes, partly for personal scandals the Catholic hierarchy could no longer ignore. Sittikus wasted no time asserting his own authority, commissioning lavish building projects including Schloss Hellbrunn and issuing high-denomination multiple ducats that functioned less as currency than as political statements distributed among the powerful.
The 1613 date places this piece among his earliest such issues, struck just a year into his reign.