Live auction - fwo_352656 - AUSTRIA - JOSEPH II Ducat d'or 1787 Vienne
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 360 € |
| Maximum bid : | 360 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 17:32:23 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Ducat d'or
Date: 1787
Mint name / Town : Vienne
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 986 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,52 g.
Edge : striée
Coments on the condition:
Cet exemplaire est très bien frappé sur un flan régulier. Il présente une rayure superficielle transversale à l’avers sur le buste
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann
Obverse
Obverse legend : GE. HV. BO. REX- IOS. II. D. G. R. I. S. A..
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Joseph II à droite ; A au-dessous.
Obverse translation : (Joseph II par la grâce de Dieu empereur romain toujours Auguste, roi de Germanie, Hongrie et de Bohême).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LOTH. M. D. H. 1787. - ARCH. A. D. BVRG..
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale nimbée couronnée timbré d'un écu parti de Habsbourg-Lorraine.
Reverse translation : (Archiduc d'Autriche duc de Bourgogne, duc de Milan).
Commentary
Ce type a été frappé pour l'Autriche entre 1780 et 1790. Nous ne connaissons pas les quantités produites.
Historical background
AUSTRIA - JOSEPH II
(08/18/1765-02/20/1790)
Joseph II (13/03/1741-20/021790) is the eldest son of Marie-Thérèse of Austria and François III of Lorraine. He received the imperial crown on the death of his father in 1765 and only succeeded to the rest of the possessions on the death of his mother in 1780. Married twice, he had no children and is his brother Leopold II who succeeded him in 1790 at the start of the French Revolution. He is the brother of Marie-Antoinette, the wife of Louis XVI.
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