fwo_634124 - GERMANY - CITY OF NUREMBERG - FERDINAND II Thaler 1625 Nuremberg
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Price : 440.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 440.00 €
Type : Thaler
Date: 1625
Mint name / Town : Nuremberg
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 43 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,91 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Traces de monture ancienne sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FERDINANDI. II D: G: ROM: IMPER: SEMP: AVGVST. D: P:.
Obverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronnée et nimbée, portant en cœur un écu, tenant une épée et un sceptre dans ses serres.
Obverse translation : (Ferdinand II, par la grâce de Dieu, toujours auguste et empereur du Saint-Empire Romain Germanique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : . MONETA. ARGENTEA. REIPVB: NORIMBERG.+.
Reverse description : Trois écus ornés de cuirs sous un puto coupant la légende en haut ; 16-25.
Historical background
GERMANY - CITY OF NUREMBERG - 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 Rudolph II (1576-1612) and Matthias (1612-1619). He 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.
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