Live auction - fwo_411366 - GERMANY - CITY OF NUREMBERG - FERDINAND II Thaler 1635 Nuremberg
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 255 € |
| Maximum bid : | 255 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 December 2016 18:06:10 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Thaler
Date: 1635
Mint name / Town : Nuremberg
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 43 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 29 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler est frappé sur un flan légèrement bombé. Il présente une petite usure de circulation
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FERDINAND. II D: G: ROM: IMP: SE: AU: GE: HU: BO: REX..
Obverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronnée et nimbée, portant en cœur un écu, tenant une épée et un sceptre dans ses serres.
Obverse translation : (Ferdinand II, par la grâce de Dieu, toujours auguste et empereur du Saint-Empire Romain Germanique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : . MONETA. NOVA. ARGENTEA. REIPUB: NORIMBERG.+.
Reverse description : Angelot debout les mains posées sur deux écus armoriés, un troisième écu au dessus, de part et d’autre : 16 - 35.
Historical background
GERMANY - CITY OF NUREMBERG - FERDINAND II
(1619-1637)
Ferdinand II of Austria (1578-1637) was the son of Charles of Styria, brother of Emperor Maximilian II and Mary of Bavaria. He succeeded his uncles Rudolph II (1576-1612) and Matthias (1612-1619). He became Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1619. The Thirty Years War had just begun and it was to ravage all of Europe, from Sweden to Spain, from France to Poland. The center of operations is in Germany, which is devastated and will come out bloodless from this conflict. Ferdinand II dies before the end of this war. His son Ferdinand III succeeds him.
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GERMANY - CITY OF NUREMBERG - FERDINAND II Thaler 1635 Nuremberg XF
255.00 €
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