fwo_977059 - AUSTRIA - COUNTY OF TYROL - LEOPOLD V 1 Kreuzer n.d. Hall
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Type : 1 Kreuzer
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Hall
Metal : billon
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,91 g.
Edge : lisse
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Obverse
Obverse legend : + LEOPOLDVS: D: G: AR: AUSTR:.
Obverse description : Buste de Léopold, tête nue à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DVX BVR COM TIR.
Reverse description : Blason du Tyrol entre deux croix pattées décalées.
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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