Live auction - fwo_965189 - AUSTRIA 20 Kreuzer Joseph II 1774 Kremnitz

AUSTRIA 20 Kreuzer Joseph II 1774 Kremnitz AU

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Estimate :	100 €
Price :	50 €
Maximum bid :	50 €
End of the sale :	29 October 2024 17:45:51
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : 20 Kreuzer Joseph II

Date: 1774

Mint name / Town : Kremnitz

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 583 ‰

Diameter : 28 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 6,63 g.

Edge : cordonnée

Catalogue references :

KM/WC.18/2067.1

Obverse

Obverse legend : GE. REX. A. A. LO & M. D. H - IOSEPH. II. D: G. R. I. S. A..

Obverse description : Buste laurée à droite de Joseph II dans une couronne de laurier.

Reverse

Reverse legend : EXEMPLO. 1774 - VIRTUTE ET // 20.

Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronné.

Commentary

Joseph II (13/03/1741-20/021790) est le fils aîné de Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche et de François III de Lorraine. Il reçut la couronne impériale à la mort de son père en 1765 et ne succéda pour le reste des possessions qu'à la mort de sa mère en 1780. Marié deux fois, il n'eut pas d'enfant et c'est son frère Léopold II qui lui succéda en 1790 au début de la révolution française. Il est le frère de Marie-Antoinette, l’épouse de Louis XVI.
Joseph II (13/03/1741-20/02/1790) was the eldest son of Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis III of Lorraine. He received the imperial crown upon his father's death in 1765 and did not succeed to the rest of the possessions until his mother's death in 1780. Married twice, he had no children and was succeeded by his brother Leopold II in 1790 at the start of the French Revolution. He was the brother of Marie Antoinette, the wife of Louis XVI.