E-auction 26-8116 - fre_306436 - HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - WÜRTTEMBERG-MÖMPELGARD - FRIEDRICH I 2 kreuzers 1589 Montbéliard

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - WÜRTTEMBERG-MÖMPELGARD - FRIEDRICH I 2 kreuzers 1589 Montbéliard VF

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Estimate :	40 €
Price :	18 €
Maximum bid :	28 €
End of the sale :	14 October 2013 16:34:30
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : 2 kreuzers

Date: 1589

Mint name / Town : Montbéliard

Metal : billon

Diameter : 19,8 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 1,27 g.

Edge : lisse

Coments on the condition:

Flan irrégulier

Obverse

Obverse legend : . FRID. D. G. CO. WIRT. ET. MONT..

Obverse description : Écu écartelé aux 1 et 4 de Wurtemberg et aux 2 et 3 de Montbéliard, à côté 8-9.

Obverse translation : (Frédéric, par la grâce de Dieu, comte de Württemberg et de Montbéliard).

Reverse

Reverse legend : RVDOL. Z. IMP. AVG. P. F. DEC.

Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronnée portant un globe crucigère contenant le chiffre 2.

Reverse translation : (Rodolphe, II empeur des Romains et auguste par décret [Permissa Fieri DECreto]).

Commentary

Écu écartelé aux 1 et 4 de trois ramures, et aux 2 et 3 de deux bars adossés. Cet écu révèle bien les liens qui unissait la famille des comtes de Wurtemberg avec la ville de Montbéliard. Sur cet exemplaire, le O de CO au droit est pointé. Sans doute peut-il s’agir d’un différent de maître particulier.

Historical background

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - WÜRTTEMBERG-MÖMPELGARD - FRIEDRICH I

(1157-1608)

His father, Georges I of Württemberg, had married his mother, Barbe, daughter of Philippe the "Magnanimous" when she was only 19, at the age of 57. The couple quickly had a son, whom he lost. In 1557, a second son was born, the future Frederick I. George I died shortly after birth and the child was brought up by the family. Frederick I received the investiture of Emperor Rudolf II in 1580..