Live auction - fwo_693076 - HUNGARY - KINGDOM OF HUNGARY - JOSEPH II Ducat d’or 1787 Karlsburg
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 600 € |
| Maximum bid : | 640 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 December 2021 20:45:52 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Ducat d’or
Date: 1787
Mint name / Town : Karlsburg
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 986 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,48 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Légère marque d’une ancienne monture à 12 heures. Monnaie nettoyée. Rayure devant le buste à l’avers. Agréables reliefs
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IOS. II. D. G. R. I. S. A. GE. HV. BO. REX.
Obverse description : Buste laurée à droite de Joseph II.
Obverse translation : (Joseph II par la grâce de Dieu, empereur romain, toujours Auguste, roi de Hongrie et de Bohême).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ARCH: A: D: BURG: LOTH. M. D. H. 1787.
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronné, timbré d’un écu couronné.
Reverse translation : (Archiduc d’Autriche, duc de Bourgogne, de Lorraine).
Historical background
HUNGARY - KINGDOM OF HUNGARY - JOSEPH II
(08/18/1765-02/20/1790)
Joseph II (03/13/1741-02/20/1790) was 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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