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9 Ducats - Sebastian of Rostock
| Issuer | Bishopric of Breslau |
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| Year | 1667 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length figure of St. John the Baptist standing facing, nimbed, draped in a fur mantle and long robes, holding an open book in his right hand upon which rests the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) with a cross-staff; the date 16-67 is divided at his feet in the lower field. The figure is rendered in high relief in a baroque style. The encircling Latin legend, separated by pellets, reads: MVNVS CAES MAXIMILIANI I. |
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Sebastian von Rostock served as Prince-Bishop of Breslau from 1664 until his death in 1671, presiding over a diocese still absorbing the aftershocks of the Thirty Years' War. Multi-ducat presentation pieces of this type were not struck for circulation — they functioned as diplomatic gifts and marks of princely status, produced in tiny numbers at the Breslau mint on special commission.
Friedensburg 2687 documents this as among the rarest of Sebastian's large-format gold issues. Fewer than a handful of examples are traceable across major auction records.