Live auction - fwo_1145932 - ITALY - VENICE 1/2 Lira François II 1802 Venise

ITALY - VENICE 1/2 Lira François II 1802 Venise VF

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2026/07/21 14:00:00

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Type : 1/2 Lira François II

Date: 1802

Mint name / Town : Venise

Quantity minted : -

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰

Diameter : 32 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,57 g.

Edge : en relief avec filet central

Catalogue references :

KM19/788 - Mont.13

Obverse

Obverse legend : FRANC·II·D·G·R·I·S·A·GE·HV·BO·REX·A·A·D·VENET.

Obverse description : Aigle bicéphale couronné aux ailes déployées flanqué d’un écu.

Reverse

Reverse legend : *1/2 * / LIRA/ VENETA/ 1802.

Reverse description : En cinq lignes dans un cercle décoratif.

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.