Obverse: Saints Rupert at left with a salt box at left hand, and Virgil at right facing with the abbey St Peter of Salzburg, both holding a crozier.
Obverse legend: SS:RVDBERTUS ET VIRGILIUS PATRONI SALISBVRGENSES. +
Reverse: Arms of Salzburg and Austria above, of the Archbishop below, in an ornate shield under a hat.
Reverse legend: IOAN:ERNESTUS D:G:ARCHIEPS:SALISB:S:SED:AP:LEG: +
Denomination: Half Thaler
Country: Bishopric of Salzburg (Austrian states)
Ruler: Johann Ernst Graf von Thun und Hohenstein (3 July 1643 – 20 April 1709) was Bishop of Seckau from 1679 to 1687 and Prince-archbishop of Salzburg from 1687 until his death.
Year: 1694
Metal: silver
Weight ±: 14.09 g.
Diameter ±: 34 mm
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