Live auction - fwo_554474 - AUSTRIA - LANDGRAVIATE OF UPPER ALSACE - FERDINAND II Thaler 1621 Ensisheim

AUSTRIA - LANDGRAVIATE OF UPPER ALSACE - FERDINAND II Thaler 1621 Ensisheim AU

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Estimate :	500 €
Price :	570 €
Maximum bid :	570 €
End of the sale :	03 December 2019 18:57:54
bidders :	8 bidders

Type : Thaler

Date: 1621

Mint name / Town : Ensisheim

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Diameter : 41 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 28,38 g.

Edge : lisse

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie est frappée sur un flan large avec une très grande partie du listel visible. Le portrait est bien venu à la frappe. La pièce est couverte d’une patine grise aux reflets brillants

Catalogue references :

Dav.3169

Obverse

Obverse legend : + FERDINANDVS. II: D: G: RO - IMP: SEM: AVG: GER: HVN: BOH: REX (ROSETTE).

Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé de Ferdinand II, portant une large collerette et le collier de l’Ordre de la Toison d’or, à gauche 1621.

Obverse translation : (Ferdinand II, par la grâce de Dieu, empereur du Saint Empire Romain Germanique et toujours auguste, roi de Hongrie et de Bohême).

Reverse

Reverse legend : NEC: NON: ARCHIDVCES: AVS: DV: BV: LANDG: ALS: CO. TIR.

Reverse description : Écu à multiples quartiers, orné de cuirs, sommé d’une couronne impériale et entouré du collier de l’Ordre de la Toison d’or dont le bijou coupe la légende en bas.

Reverse translation : (Archiduc d'Autriche, duc de Bourgogne, Landgrave d’Alsace etc.).

Historical background

AUSTRIA - LANDGRAVIATE OF UPPER ALSACE - 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 Rudolf II (1576-1612) and Matthias (1612-1619) and 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.