Live auction - fwo_379542 - GERMANY - DUCHY OF WURTEMBERG - CHARLES I ALEXANDER Carolin ou 10 Gulden 1734 Stuttgart
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 890 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 050 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 March 2016 17:45:56 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Carolin ou 10 Gulden
Date: 1734
Mint name / Town : Stuttgart
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 770 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,7 g.
Edge : décorée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie est parfaitement centrée sur un flan très régulier laissant apparaître l’ensemble du grènetis. Légère usure sur le buste. La pièce est recouverte d’une fine patine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROL: ALEX: - D: G. DUX WUR. & T.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Charles Alexandre, portant une hermine, avec le collier de l'Ordre de la Toison d'or / S.
Obverse translation : (Charles Alexandre, par la grâce de Dieu, duc de Wurtemberg et de Teck).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PER ARDUA - VIRTUS * 17 - 34 *.
Reverse description : Écu écartelé au 1 de Teck, au 2 de Louisbourg, au 3 de Montbéliard, au 4 de Heidenheim, et sur le tout de Wurtemberg.
Commentary
Il existe plusieurs types pour la pièce de 10 Gulden de l’année 1736, dont des variantes de bustes. Ici il s’agit de la variété au buste à l’hermine.
Historical background
GERMANY - DUCHY OF WURTEMBERG - CHARLES I ALEXANDER
(1733-1744)
Charles I Alexander became a general after entering the service of the Austrians. He also became Field Marshal and Governor of Belgrade and the Kingdom of Serbia. During the War of the Spanish Succession, he was under the orders of Prince Eugene and distinguished himself at Cassano (1705) and Landau (1713). He became Duke of Württemberg in 1733.
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