fwo_520451 - ITALY - LOMBARDY - MILAN - JOSEPH II 1/2 Scudo 1785 Milan
150.00 €(Approx. 166.50$ | 126.00£)
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Type : 1/2 Scudo
Date: 1785
Mint name / Town : Milan
Quantity minted : 585380
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 896 ‰
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : décorée
Obverse
Obverse legend : IOSEPH·II·D·G·R·IMP·S·AUG·G·H·ET·B·REX·A·A·.
Obverse description : portrait à droite de Joseph II d’Autriche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MEDIOLANI ET MANT·DUX 1785 // L B.
Reverse description : armes du Duché de Milan et de Mantoue.
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.
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ITALY - LOMBARDY - MILAN - JOSEPH II 1/2 Scudo 1785 Milan VF
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