Salzburg, Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, 1587-1612.

8 Ducats 1593, Salzburg. Saint Rupert facing, head left, holding a long crosier. Coat of arms of the Archbishop below / Turm in the storm, surrounded by four winds. 27,65g. Fr. 679; Probszt 728; Zöttl 832.

NGC UNC Details Rev Graffiti. (2117153-017) Nice extremely fine.

Provenance:
Dolenz Collection - Schweizerischer Bankverein Auction 40 (1996), 113.
NGSA Auction 8 (24 November 2014), 337.

The so-called “Tower issue” was produced as reward for the high military officers who shielded the city of Salzburg against the Ottomans. During the war, Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau sent a contingent of troops under the command of his brother to Emperor Rudolf II.