v22_0770 - HIGH-ALSACE - RUDOLPH II OF HABSBOURG Vierer ou kreuzer

HIGH-ALSACE - RUDOLPH II OF HABSBOURG Vierer ou kreuzer VF

MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Vierer ou kreuzer

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Ensisheim

Metal : silver

Diameter : 16 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 0,52 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce vierer présente une forte faiblesse de frappe au droit comme au revers. Exemplaire décentré au droit et recouvert d’une patine foncée hétérogène. Petite rayure sur le bras gauche de la croix du revers

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - EL.112 var. p. 33

Obverse

Obverse legend : RVD. II. [D.] G. RO: IMP.

Obverse description : Écu de Haute-Alsace sommé du bonnet d’archiduc.

Obverse translation : (Rodolphe II, par la grâce de Dieu, empereur romain).

Reverse

Reverse legend : (ROSE) NEC. NON. ARCHD. AVS:.

Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée.

Reverse translation : (et aussi archiduc d'Autriche).

Historical background

HIGH-ALSACE - RUDOLPH II OF HABSBOURG

(1602-1612)

Rudolf II, son of Emperor Maximilian II, was crowned King of Hungary in 1572 and King of Bohemia in 1575. On October 27, 1575, he was elected and crowned King of Germania. His brother Matthias succeeded in obtaining the government of Austria, Hungary and Moravia in 1608 and, in 1611, he caused the deposition of Rudolf to be pronounced by the States of Bohemia. He was elected king the same year. The reign of Rodolphe II was marked by an active protection of Catholics and Jesuits; at the end of his reign, however, he ensured freedom of worship for Protestants. He died in Prague on January 20, 1612.

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