Live auction - bfe_647695 - LANDGRAVIATE OF UPPER ALSACE - LEOPOLD V ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA Thaler, 1er groupe

LANDGRAVIATE OF UPPER ALSACE - LEOPOLD V ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA Thaler, 1er groupe XF

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Estimate :	500 €
Price :	270 €
Maximum bid :	270 €
End of the sale :	03 August 2021 18:33:06
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Thaler, 1er groupe

Date: 1621

Mint name / Town : Ensisheim

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰

Diameter : 40 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 28,37 g.

Rarity : R1

Catalogue references :

Bd.1383 (10 f.) - Dav.3345

Obverse

Obverse legend : + LEOPOLD: D: G.: ARCHIDVX: AVST. DVX. BVR: ETC: SAC: CÆS: MTIS ET, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX LOSANGES SUPERPOSÉS).

Obverse description : Buste à droite de Léopold, avec la chasuble à col plat ; 1621 sous le buste.

Obverse translation : (Léopold par la grâce de Dieu, archiduc d'Autriche, duc de Bourgogne et majesté impériale).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + RELIQ: ARCHID: GVBERNAT: PLEN: ET: COM: TIR: LAND: ALS.

Reverse description : Écu couronné, orné de cuirs, écartelé au 1 de Hongrie, au 2 de Bohême, au 3 mi-parti d’Autriche et de Bourgogne, au 4 de Tyrol et de Habsbourg, en pointe de Ferrette, sur le tout de Haute Alsace.

Reverse translation : (et aussi archiduc, gouverneur complet et comte de Tyrol et du Landgraviat d'Alsace).

Commentary

Léopold était encore prélat quand il fit frapper ce type de pièce. Le cours de ces thalers va terriblement augmenter durant la guerre de Trente Ans, passant de 90 à 600 kreuzers avant de revenir au cours initial. L'atelier d'Ensisheim fut pris par les Suédois et ferma définitivement en 1632.

Historical background

LANDGRAVIATE OF UPPER ALSACE - LEOPOLD V ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA

(1620-1632)

Leopold of Austria (1586-1632) was the second brother of Ferdinand II of Austria and the son of Charles of Styria and Marie of Bavaria. He entered holy orders and became Bishop of Metz, Bishop of Strasbourg and Passau, Abbot of Murbach and Lure from 1614 to 1626. In 1620 as Duke of Austria and Count of Tyrol, he began to monetize in Alsace. He left the orders in 1626 and married Claude de Médicis (1604-1648) with whom he had three children. He died in 1632. On the reverse the shield is quartered: 1 from Hungary, 2 from Bohemia, 3 from Austria and Burgundy, 4 from Tyrol and Habsburg, at the tip of Ferrette and on the whole of Haute Alsace in heart.