v18_1781 - AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS - FRANCIS II OF AUSTRIA Kronenthaler (thaler à la couronne) 1794 Bruxelles
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 425.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 425.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Kronenthaler (thaler à la couronne)
Date: 1794
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 280765
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 873 ‰
Diameter : 40 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 29,30 g.
Edge : en relief : LEGE (rinceau) ET (rinceau) FIDE (rose) (rinceau)
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler à la couronne est frappé sur un flan large et régulier présentant un léger paillage dans le champ, devant l’œil de l’empereur. Une légère patine grise le recouvre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRANC. II. D. G. R. I. S. A. GER. HIE. HVNG. BOH. REX.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de François II à droite.
Obverse translation : (François II, par la grâce de Dieu empereur romain toujours Auguste, roi de Germanie, Jérusalem, Hongrie et de Bohême).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ARCH. AUST. DUX. BURG (LOSANGE) LOTH. BRAB. COM. FLAN. 17 (TÊTE D’ANGE) 94.
Reverse description : Deux branches de sarments entrecroisées (croix de Saint-André), posées sur un briquet enflammé auquel est suspendu le bijou de la Toison d'or, accosté des trois couronnes d'Autriche, de Hongrie et de Bohême.
Reverse translation : (Archiduc d'Autriche duc de Bourgogne, Lorraine et Brabant et comte de Flandre).
Historical background
AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS - FRANCIS II OF AUSTRIA
(1792-1794)
François II (02/12/1768-03/2/1835) is the son of Leopold II, grandson of François I and Marie-Thérèse, nephew of Joseph II. He succeeded his father in 1792 in the midst of the French Revolution, was the last emperor of the Holy Empire (1792-1806) and the first emperor of Austria. He lost Lombardy and the Netherlands by the Treaty of Campo-Formio in 1797 and the Treaty of Lunéville took away his possessions on the left bank of the Rhine. Enemy of Napoleon, he was beaten at Austerlitz and was forced to recognize the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806. He was beaten again at Wagram in 1809, Vienna was occupied. He is obliged to sign the Treaty of Schönbrunn. He sacrificed his daughter Marie-Louise, whom he gave in marriage to Napoleon in 1810. From 1813, he joined the coalition which united against his son-in-law. The Congress of Vienna of 1814-1815, masterfully led by Prince Metternich, confirmed Austria's return to the international arena. He is President of the German Confederation and the champion of conservatism in Europe.
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