Live auction - fwo_354027 - ROMANIA - TRANSYLVANIA - GEORGE II RAKOCZI Thaler 1659 Nagybanya
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| Estimate : | 1 800 € |
| Price : | 1 160 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 255 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 17:45:31 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Thaler
Date: 1659
Mint name / Town : Nagybanya
Metal : silver
Diameter : 43,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,88 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler est très bien frappé sur un flan régulier. Le buste de Georges est finement détaillé. La monnaie est recouverte d’une belle patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .GEOR: RA: - D: G: P: T:.
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé à droite de Georges Rakoczi, portant un chapeau et tenant un sceptre.
Obverse translation : (Georges Rakoczi, par la grâce de Dieu, prince de Transylvanie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .PAR. REG. HVN. DOM. ET. SIC. COM. 1659.
Reverse description : Écu couronné à multiples quartiers et orné de cuirs accosté de N-B.
Commentary
L’atelier de Nagybanya frappa ce type monétaire en 1659 et 1660.
Historical background
ROMANIA - TRANSYLVANIA - GEORGE II RAKOCZI
(1648-1660)
Georges II Rakoczi was born in 1621 from the union of Georges Ier Rakoczi and Susanne Larantffy. On February 19, 1642, he was elected Prince of Transylvania, during his father's lifetime. He married on February 3, 1643 in Sophia Bathory. He ascended the throne in October 1648 after the death of his father. He died in Nagyvarad as a result of blows received at the Battle of Guyla (May 1660) in his fight against the Turkish invasion.
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