E-auction 5-961 - fre_296539 - AUSTRIA - TYROL - FERDINAND I Gros de Prague 1538 Prague
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 31 € |
| Maximum bid : | 35 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 April 2013 18:03:00 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Gros de Prague
Date: 1538
Mint name / Town : Prague
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,2 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,90 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros présente un flan très légèrement bombé. Légers coups dans le champ au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : * FERDINANDVS: PRIM (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX BESANTS SUPERPOSÉS) ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + DEI (DEUX ANNELETS) GRATIA (DEUX ANNELETS) REX (DEUX ANNELETS) BOEMIE.
Obverse description : Couronne fleurdelisée.
Obverse translation : (Ferdinand premier, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Bohême).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + GROSSI . PRAGENSES: 1538.
Reverse description : Lion couronné passant à gauche, à queue bifide.
Reverse translation : (Gros de Prague, 1538).
Historical background
AUSTRIA - TYROL - FERDINAND I
(1521-1564)
Ferdinand (1503-1564) is the son of Philippe le Beau and Jeanne la Folle, the brother of Charles-Quint. On the death of his grandfather Maximilian of Austria in 1519, he became Archduke of Austria. His brother, who became emperor in 1519, shared his German possessions with him in 1521. He is Count of Tyrol. He married Anne de Bohème (1503-1547), the sister of Louis II, King of Bohemia and Hungary. After the death of his brother-in-law at the battle of Mohacs in 1526, he became king of Bohemia and Hungary. After the abdication of his brother Charles V in 1556, he only took on the imperial title in 1558. He died in 1564 and his son Maximilian II succeeded him..
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AUSTRIA - TYROL - FERDINAND I Gros de Prague 1538 Prague VF
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