Live auction - fwo_351444 - HUNGARY - KINGDOM OF HUNGARY - LEOPOLD I Thaler 1703 Kremnitz
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| Estimate : | 950 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 17:36:18 |
Type : Thaler
Date: 1703
Mint name / Town : Kremnitz
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 45,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,76 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie est frappée sur un grand flan légèrement voilé. Le portrait de Léopold est remarquable. L’exemplaire est recouvert d’une patine gris clair
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Jean Vinchon acheté en 2000
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD: (MADONNE) D: G: R: I: S: A: GER: HVN: (ÉCU DE HONGRIE) BO: REX..
Obverse description : Grand buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé à droite de Léopold Ier.
Obverse translation : (Léopold, par la grâce de Dieu, empereur des Romains, toujours auguste de Germanie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ARCHIDVX+ AVS: DVX. BVR: MAR: MOR: CO: TYR: 1703.
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronnée, timbrée d'un écu couronné à 4 quartiers entouré du collier de la Toison d'or ; K - B.
Reverse translation : (Archiduc d'Autriche, duc de Bourgogne, margrave de Moravie et comte de Tyrol).
Historical background
HUNGARY - KINGDOM OF HUNGARY - LEOPOLD I
(1657-1705)
Leopold I (1640-1705) succeeded his father, Ferdinand III in 1657. He had to face the Turkish threat. Vienna was again besieged and liberated by the relief army commanded by John III Sobieski. Kremnitz was on the border of the Empire. When he died in 1705, Hungary went into rebellion and Joseph I, his eldest son, succeeded him..
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