Live auction - fwo_519527 - ITALY - DUCHY OF MILAN AND OF MANTUA - FRANCESCO II Sovrano 1796 Milan

ITALY - DUCHY OF MILAN AND OF MANTUA - FRANCESCO II Sovrano 1796 Milan MS

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Estimate :	2 500 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	04 June 2019 19:13:11

Type : Sovrano

Date: 1796

Mint name / Town : Milan

Quantity minted : -

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 919 ‰

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 11,15 g.

Edge : striée et ornée

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire de très belle qualité avec d’excellents reliefs et tout son brillant de frappe. Traces de nettoyage dans les champs, plus marquées au revers avec des rayures

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. 1796..

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 - DUCHY OF MILAN AND OF MANTUA - FRANCESCO II

(1792-1800)

François II (1768-1792) succeeded his father Léopold II who reigned very little (1790-1792). He is Duke of Milan and Mantua on his accession. He lost these regions in 1796-1797 during Bonaparte's first Italian campaign. The Treaty of Campo Formio in 1797 consecrates the role of France in this part of Italy. Bonaparte left for Egypt, the Austrians recover their territories. The second Italian campaign in the spring of 1800 consecrates French hegemony and brought the Milanese into French orbit for more than a decade..