Live auction - fwo_540128 - AUSTRIA - RUDOLF II OF HABSBURG Thaler 1603 Ensisheim

AUSTRIA - RUDOLF II OF HABSBURG Thaler 1603 Ensisheim AU

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Estimate :	500 €
Price :	350 €
Maximum bid :	550 €
End of the sale :	10 March 2020 19:17:58
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Thaler

Date: 1603

Mint name / Town : Ensisheim

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰

Diameter : 41,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 27,6 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R1

Catalogue references :

Dav.3033 - EL.115 (6/2)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + RVDOLPHVS. II. D: G. RO. IM. SEM. AVG. GER. HVNG. BO. REX.

Obverse description : Grand buste lauré de Rodolphe II, drapé et cuirassé à droite avec le grand col fraisé et le collier de l'ordre de la Toison d'or ; au-dessous 1603.

Obverse translation : (Rodolphe II, par la grâce de Dieu, empereur et toujours auguste de Germanie, et roi de Hongrie et de Bohême).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + NEC NON. ARCHIDVCES. AVS. DV. BVR. LANDG. ALS. CO. FER.

Reverse description : Écu écartelé aux 1 de Hongrie, 2 de Tyrol, 3 de Haute-Alsace, 4 de Bohême, 5 de Styrie, 6 de Bourgogne, 7 d'Autriche, 8 de Castille, 9 de Carinthie, 10 de Carniole, 11 de Habsbourg, 12 de Goritz, 13 de Burgau, 14 de Souabe, 15 de Wurtemberg, 16 de Ferrette, sommé d'une couronne coupant la légende en haut et entouré du collier de l'ordre de la Toison d'or.

Reverse translation : (et aussi archiduc d'Autriche, duc de Bourgogne, Landgrave d'Alsace et comte de Ferrette).

Historical background

AUSTRIA - RUDOLF II OF HABSBURG

(1576-1612)

Rudolf II, son of Emperor Maximilian II, was crowned King of Hungary in 1572 and King of Bohemia in 1575. On October 27, 1575, he was elected and crowned King of Germania. His brother Matthias succeeded in obtaining the government of Austria, Hungary and Moravia in 1608 and, in 1611, he caused the deposition of Rudolf to be pronounced by the States of Bohemia. He was elected king the same year. The reign of Rodolphe II was marked by an active protection of Catholics and Jesuits; at the end of his reign, however, he ensured freedom of worship for Protestants. He died in Prague on January 20, 1612.