fwo_534294 - ITALY - LOMBARDY - MILAN - JOSEPH II Sovrano 1786 Milan

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Type : Sovrano

Date: 1786

Mint name / Town : Milan

Quantity minted : -

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 919 ‰

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 11,13 g.

Edge : striée et ornée

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie présente une légère usure à l’avers tandis que le revers est SUP. La pièce conserve une partie de son brillant d’origine

Catalogue references :

KM18/241 - F.741a

Obverse

Obverse legend : FRANCISC. II D. G.R. IMP. S. A. GE. HIER. HV. BO. REX..

Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite ; M dessous.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ARCH. AVST. DVX. BVRG. LOTH. BRAB. COM. FLAN. 1786..

Reverse description : Écu tripartite d'Autriche, de Lorraine et de Bourgogne couronné entouré du collier de la Toison d'Or brochant deux bâtons noueux.

Historical background

ITALY - LOMBARDY - MILAN - JOSEPH II

(1780-20/02/1790)

Joseph II (03/13/1741-02/20/1790) was the eldest son of Marie-Thérèse of Austria and François III of Lorraine. He received the imperial crown on the death of his father in 1765 and did not succeed to the rest of the possessions until the death of his mother in 1780, including Milan. Married twice, he had no children and it was his brother Leopold II who succeeded him in 1790 at the start of the French Revolution. He is the brother of Marie-Antoinette, the wife of Louis XVI.

ITALY - LOMBARDY - MILAN - JOSEPH II 1/2 Scudo 1785 Milan VF

150.00 €

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