2 Thalers - Rudolph II

Features

Issuer	Landgraviate of Upper Alsace (Austrian States)
Landgrave	Rudolph II (Rudolf II) (1595-1608)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1607-1609
Value	2 Thalers
Currency	Thaler (1425-1634)
Composition	Silver
Weight	56.8 g
Diameter	49 mm
Shape	Round
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 125684
References	KM# 248 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Dav EC II# 3031 John Stewart Davenport; 1974. European Crowns 1600-1700. Self-published, Galesburg, Illinois, United States. , KLEM# 1-8 Klemetsch Helmut; 2009. Die vorderösterreichische Münzstätte Ensisheim 1584-1632. Self-published, Vienna, Austria. , E&L# 1-9 Arthur Engel, Ernest Lehr; 1887. Numismatique de l'Alsace. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , MT# 585 Heinz Moser, Heinz Tursky. Die Münzstätte Hall in Tirol. Verlag Dr. Rudolf Erhard, Rum, Austria (2 volumes). , Hahn# 30 Wolfgang Reinhard Otto Hahn; 1971. Typenkatalog der Münzen der bayerischen Herzöge und Kurfürsten 1506-1805 = Type Catalogue of the Coins of the Bavarian Dukes and Electors 1506-1805. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Obverse

Laureate portrait right with ruffled collar, tassel on the neck, the front of the bust divides the legend and a beaded inner circle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: RVDOLPHVS II D G ROM IM SE AV GE HV BO REX

Unabridged legend: Rodolphus II Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiaeque Rex

Translation: Rudolph II, by the grace of God, forever venerable Emperor of the Romans, King of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia...

Reverse

Crowned baroque oval shield with cost of arms, Upper Alsace shield on top, chain of the order of the Golden Fleece below, inner circle of leaves, two small shield of Habsburg and Ferrette divide the legend on sides.

Script: Latin

Lettering: NEC NON ARCHIDVCES A D B L ALS CO PHIRT

Unabridged legend: Necnon Archiduces Austriae Dux Burgundiae Landgravius Alsatiae Comes Phirtensis

Translation: ... not only Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Landgrave of Alsace, Count of Ferrette.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Ensisheim, France (1583)

Comments

Krause lists 1603 and 1607 for this coin. None is in the most recent work of Klemetsch (2008). Engel & Lehr mention a description by Berstett of the 1603. Both need confirmation.

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Date	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1607		Unconfirmed	100%
1609	MT# 585 Heinz Moser, Heinz Tursky. Die Münzstätte Hall in Tirol. Verlag Dr. Rudolf Erhard, Rum, Austria (2 volumes).		100%

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