v48_0913 - HUNGARY - FRANCIS II OF AUSTRIA Souverain d’or 1796 Kremnitz

HUNGARY - FRANCIS II OF AUSTRIA Souverain d’or 1796 Kremnitz XF

MONNAIES 48 (2011)
Starting price : 580.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
Realised price : 600.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 600.00 €

Type : Souverain d’or

Date: 1796

Mint name / Town : Kremnitz

Quantity minted : ---

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 919 ‰

Diameter : 28,79 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 11,08 g.

Edge : feuilletée

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Une rayure sur la joue. Petit coup sur le listel du droit à 10h. Faible usure sur les reliefs. Trace d’un léger frottement. La monnaie conserve une partie de son brillant d’origine

Catalogue references :

KM/WC.19/64

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la vente vente i-numis 12, n° 1601

Obverse

Obverse legend : FRANC. II. D. G. R. IMP. S. A. GE. HIE. HV. BO. REX.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de François II à droite.

Obverse translation : (François II par la grâce de Dieu, empereur romain, toujours Auguste, roi de Jérusalem, de Hongrie et de Bohême.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ARCH. AVST. DVX. BVRG. LOTH. BRAB. COM. FLAN. 1793.

Reverse description : Écu couronné mi-parti, au 1 parti en a d'Autriche, en b de Lorraine, au 2 de Bourgogne entouré du collier de l'ordre de la Toison d'or, brochant deux sarments.

Reverse translation : (Archiduc d'Autriche, duc de Bourgogne, de Lorraine, de Brabant, comte de Flandre).

Commentary

Cassure de coin au droit et au revers le long des légendes.

Historical background

HUNGARY - FRANCIS II OF AUSTRIA

François II (02/12/1768-03/2/1835) is the son of Leopold II, grandson of François I and Marie-Thérèse, nephew of Joseph II. He succeeded his father in 1792 in the midst of the French Revolution, was the last emperor of the Holy Empire (1792-1806) and the first emperor of Austria. He lost Lombardy and the Netherlands by the Treaty of Campo-Formio in 1797 and the Treaty of Lunéville took away his possessions on the left bank of the Rhine. Enemy of Napoleon, he was beaten at Austerlitz and was forced to recognize the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806. He was beaten again at Wagram in 1809, Vienna was occupied. He is obliged to sign the Treaty of Schönbrunn. He sacrificed his daughter Marie-Louise, whom he gave in marriage to Napoleon in 1810. From 1813, he joined the coalition which united against his son-in-law. The Congress of Vienna of 1814-1815, masterfully led by Prince Metternich, confirmed Austria's return to the international arena. He is President of the German Confederation and the champion of conservatism in Europe.