Live auction - fme_734263 - HUNGARY - KINGDOM OF HUNGARY - RUDOLF II OF HABSBURG Médaille des apôtres

HUNGARY - KINGDOM OF HUNGARY - RUDOLF II OF HABSBURG Médaille des apôtres XF

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	150 €
Maximum bid :	210 €
End of the sale :	06 September 2022 18:35:06
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Médaille des apôtres

Date: n.d.

Metal : gold plated silver

Diameter : 46 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Engraver Christian Maler

Weight : 26,55 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire doré, des marques d’usure sur les reliefs. Traces de limage sur la tranche (possiblement des traces de monture). Bel exemplaire

Obverse

Obverse legend : GERM: HVNG: BOHE: POLO: GALL: SCHW: DENM: SCHO: HISPA: ANGL: PORT: NEAP: // CVM / PRI / CAES.

Obverse description : Représentation des pays d’Europe par un symbole, entourant un médaillon présentant un roi couronné tenant un sceptre et un globe crucifère, montagne à gauche, légende en 3 lignes. Aigle bicéphale à l’exergue. Signé : C - M.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANDR: IOAN: IACO: THOM: IAC: M: PHILI: BART: MATHE: SIMO:IV: TA: MATHI: PETR: .

Reverse description : Roi (ou dieu) couronné tenant une branche de laurier et un foudre, deux anges ailés de part et d’autre, dans le médaillon central, entouré de symboles figurant chaque apôtre ou un moment de la passion du Christ.

Historical background

HUNGARY - KINGDOM OF HUNGARY - RUDOLF II OF HABSBURG

(1572-1608)

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 had the states of Bohemia declare the forfeiture of Rudolf. 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.