Live auction - fwo_351442 - GERMANY - CITY OF NUREMBERG - JOSEPH II Thaler 1779 Nuremberg
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| Estimate : | 700 € |
| Price : | 340 € |
| Maximum bid : | 720 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 17:28:52 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Thaler
Date: 1779
Mint name / Town : Nuremberg
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 41,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,06 g.
Edge : feuillue
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler a été nettoyé à l’avers. Le revers est remarquable et est recouvert d’une très agréable patine aux reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Jean Vinchon acheté en 2008
Obverse
Obverse legend : X. EINE FEINE - MARCK. 1779.// NÜRNBERG. / K. R.
Obverse description : Vue de la ville de Nuremberg sous un triangle rayonnant.
Obverse translation : (Dixième dans un marc de fin / Nuremberg).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOSEPHVS II. D.G.- ROM. IMP. SEMP. AVG..
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronnée aux armes de Nuremberg et portant le collier de la toison d’or.
Reverse translation : (Joseph II, par la grâce de Dieu, empereur des Romains, toujours auguste de Germanie).
Historical background
GERMANY - CITY OF NUREMBERG - JOSEPH II
(08/18/1765-02/20/1790)
Joseph II (13/03/1741-20/021790) is the eldest son of Marie-Thérèse of Austria and François III of Lorraine. He received the imperial crown on the death of his father in 1765 and only succeeded to the rest of the possessions on the death of his mother in 1780. Married twice, he had no children and is his brother Leopold II who succeeded him in 1790 at the start of the French Revolution. He is the brother of Marie-Antoinette, the wife of Louis XVI.
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