E-auction 101-53377 - fjt_284992 - FLANDERS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - JOSEPH II Jeton de la ville d'Ypres n.d.

FLANDERS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - JOSEPH II Jeton de la ville d Ypres AU

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Estimate :	140 €
Price :	82 €
Maximum bid :	85 €
End of the sale :	23 March 2015 18:48:30
bidders :	12 bidders

Type : Jeton de la ville d'Ypres

Date: n.d.

Metal : silver

Diameter : 32,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 14,42 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R1

Catalogue references :

F.- - Mit.II/2830

Obverse

Obverse legend : JOSEPHVS II - AVG. COM. FLAND..

Obverse description : Buste lauré de Joseph II à droite.

Obverse translation : (Joseph II, auguste, comte de Flandre).

Reverse

Reverse legend : TERRITORIUM IPRENSE..

Reverse description : Lion debout sur un écu aux armes d'Ypres, la tête à droite.

Reverse translation : (Territoire d'Ypres).

Commentary

La ville d'Ypres, prise par les Français en 1648, 1658 et 1678 fut cédée à Louis XIV suite au traité de Nimègue. Après avoir été reprise par les Impériaux, la ville tomba de nouveau aux mains des Français en 1744, pendant la guerre de Succession d'Autriche. Les Français perdirent définitivement Ypres en 1747.

Historical background

FLANDERS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - 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.