E-auction 175-109282 - fwo_404980 - ITALY - VENICE 1 1/2 Lira frappe au nom de François II 1802 Vienne

ITALY - VENICE 1 1/2 Lira frappe au nom de François II 1802 Vienne VF

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Estimate :	75 €
Price :	46 €
Maximum bid :	51 €
End of the sale :	22 August 2016 17:53:00
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : 1 1/2 Lira frappe au nom de François II

Date: 1802

Mint name / Town : Vienne

Quantity minted : -

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰

Diameter : 31,86 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 12 g.

Edge : décorée

Catalogue references :

KM.19/793 - Mont.13

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP. VENETA MONETA PROVINCIALE.

Obverse description : Aigle impériale couronnée, au centre F II.

Reverse

Reverse legend : 1 1/2 / LIRA/ VENETA/ 1800.

Reverse description : En quatre lignes.

Reverse translation : (1 1/2 lire de Venise).

Commentary

Prise par les Français en 1797, Venise est cédée la même année à l’Autriche par le Traité de campo-Formio. Jusqu’en 1802, François II du Saint-Empire (François Ier d’Autriche) en devient le souverain.
Captured by the French in 1797, Venice was ceded to Austria the same year by the Treaty of Campo Formio. Until 1802, Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire (Francis I of Austria) became its sovereign.