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Live auction - fwo_419878 - BELGIUM - UNITED BELGIAN STATES Dix sols ou demi-florin, 1e type 1790 Bruxelles

BELGIUM - UNITED BELGIAN STATES Dix sols ou demi-florin, 1e type 1790 Bruxelles AU
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Estimate : 700 €
Price : 450 €
Maximum bid : 450 €
End of the sale : 14 March 2017 17:33:10
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Dix sols ou demi-florin, 1e type
Date: 1790
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 873 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,6 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie a été nettoyée puis s’est patinée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : DOMINI . EST . REGNVM ; À L'EXERGUE 1790.
Obverse description : Lion passant à droite.
Obverse translation : (Le Seigneur est toute puissance).

Reverse


Reverse legend : ET ISPSE DOMINABITVR GENTIVM ; À L’EXERGUE X. SOLS.
Reverse description : Mains jointes sortant des nuées et tenant un faisceau de onze flèches.
Reverse translation : (Et son autorité s'étend sur le monde).

Commentary


Au revers, le faisceau de 11 flèches représente les 11 provinces : Flandre Orientale, Flandre Occidentale, Brabant, Hainaut, Tournai, Namur, Luxembourg, Liège, Limbourg, Anvers et Malines.

Historical background


BELGIUM - UNITED BELGIAN STATES

(1790)

The United Belgian States are a confederation of several member countries of the Austrian Netherlands which broke away from the authority of Emperor Joseph II in 1790. The union of the eleven provinces of the Southern Netherlands only lasted a year. From December 1790, the Austrians regained power militarily and entrusted it to the new Emperor Leopold II..

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