Live auction - fwo_554485 - AUSTRIA - COUNTY OF TYROL - LEOPOLD V Thaler 1624 Hall
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 310 € |
| Maximum bid : | 430 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 18:57:24 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Thaler
Date: 1624
Mint name / Town : Hall
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 42,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,65 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un grand flan légèrement voilé. Beau buste de Léopold. Fine patine de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : * LEOPOLDVS D: G: ARCHID: AVSTRIAE DVX BVRG: S: CAES: MTIS: ET RELIQ:.
Obverse description : Buste de Léopold, tête nue à droite, avec l'habit épiscopal ; 16-Z4.
Obverse translation : (Léopold, par la grâce de Dieu, archiduc d'Autriche, duc de Bourgogne, majesté impériale et du reste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ARCHIDVC: GVBERNATOR PLENARIVS COMES. TYROLIS.
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 : (archiduc et grand gouverneur, comte de Tyrol).
Commentary
Ce type de thaler fut frappé à Hall de 1621 à 1625.
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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