Live auction - fwo_483709 - AUSTRIA - COUNTY OF TYROL - LEOPOLD V 1/4 Thaler 1632 Hall
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 165 € |
| Maximum bid : | 550 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 18:03:19 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : 1/4 Thaler
Date: 1632
Mint name / Town : Hall
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,2 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier, légèrement bombé. Très beau buste finement détaillé. La monnaie est couverte d’une très belle patine grise homogène
Obverse
Obverse legend : :LEOPOLDVS: D: G: - 1/4 - ARCHI: DVX: AVST:.
Obverse description : Buste de Léopold à droite, en armure, la tête couronnée coupant la légende en haut, tenant de sa main droite un sceptre, sa main gauche tenant la poignée de son épée ; devant .1.6.3.2..
Obverse translation : (Léopold, par la grâce de Dieu, archiduc d'Autriche).
Reverse
Reverse legend : *DVX* BVRGVNDI* COMES* TIROLIS*, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE CROIX).
Reverse description : Écu écartelé, orné de cuirs, avec sur le tout un petit écu de Tyrol, sommé d'une couronne coupant la légende en haut.
Reverse translation : (duc de Bourgogne, comte de Tyrol).
Historical background
AUSTRIA - COUNTY OF TYROL - LEOPOLD V
(1619-1636)
Leopold of Austria (1586-1632) was the second brother of Ferdinand II of Austria and the son of Charles of Styria and Marie of Bavaria. He entered holy orders and became Bishop of Metz, Bishop of Strasbourg and Passau, Abbot of Murbach and Lure from 1614 to 1626. In 1620, as Duke of Austria and Count of Tyrol, he began to monetize in Alsace. He left the orders in 1626 and married Claude de Médicis (1604-1648) with whom he had three children. He died in 1632.
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