Recapture of Buda from Ottomans - Leopold I 10 ducat weight

Features

Location	Hungary
King	Leopold I (I. Lipót) (1657-1705)
Type	Commemorative medals › Military medals
Year	1686
Currency	Thaler (1526-1754)
Composition	Silver
Weight	28.92 g
Diameter	52 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued	1686
Number	N# 569620
References	HTÉ 1# 481 Lajos Huszár, Elemér Pávó (ed.); 1972. A régi magyar emlékérmek katalógusa / 1. Rész. Történeti érmek. Rész: Középkor: A legrégibb időktől 1850-ig. = Catalog of Old Hungarian Commemorative Medals (5^th Edition). Magyar Éremgyűjtők Egyesülete, Budapest, Hungary. , HP# 151 Lajos Huszár, Béla Procopius; 1932. Medaillen- und Plakettenkunst in Ungarn = Medal and Plaque Art in Hungary. Verlag des Vereins der Medaillenfreunde, Budapest, Hungary. , Horsky 1# 2125 Johann Horsky; 1910. Sammlung Horsky / I. Teil. Mittelalter - Münzen und Medaillen der römisch-deutschen und österreichischen Kaiser: Münzen und medaillen der oesterreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie = Horsky Collection. Adolf Hess, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. , Slg. Monte# 1017 Adolph Hess; 1882. Verzeichniss der zur fürstlichen Montenuovo'schen Münzsammlung gehörigen verkäuflichen numismatischen Bücher: Collectio Montenuovo = List of sellable numismatic books belonging to the princely Montenuovo coin collection. Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. , Vogelhuber# 283 Rudolf Vogelhuber; 1971. Taler und Schautaler des Erzhauses Habsburg: von Erzherzog Sigismund v. Tirol 1484 bis Kaiser Franz Josef I. 1896. Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. , Slg. Julius# 240 Sammlung Julius; 1958. Krieg und Frieden auf der Medaille und in der Gedenkmünze = War and Peace on the Medal and Commemorative Coin. Münzhandlung R. Gaettens, Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. , Slg. Dogan# 6176 Gorny & Mosch (publisher); 2008. Slg. Dogan: Medaillen auf die türkische Geschichte = Dogan Collection. Gorny & Mosch. , Gohl# 36 Ödön Gohl; 1917. A magyar királyok koronázási érmei. Hornyánszky Viktor, Budapest, Hungary.

Commemorative issue

Recapture of Buda (1686)

Obverse

Leopold I sits almost facing front in a quadriga; behind him are captured Turks; in the right foreground a genius leads the team of horses by the reins and carries a coat of arms shield; on the ground lies the broken Turkish crescent; above, the radiant Eye of God in clouds

Script: Latin

Lettering: IBIT FAVORE•DIVINO LEOPOLDI•INDVSTRIA•BAVARI•VI•ET•LOTHARINGI•

Unabridged legend: [Victoria / res] ibit favore divino, Leopoldi industria, Bavari vi et Lotharingi [duce].

Translation: It will succeed through divine favor, through Leopold’s diligence, through the Bavarian’s strength, and through the Lorrainer’s.

Engraver: Christian Hermann Roth

Reverse

View of the besieged city under bombardment; in the foreground, tents, cavalry, and infantry of the besieging forces; above, an eagle with sword and lightning bolt.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AVSTRIACIS BVDA•VRBS•AQVILIS•SVBSTERNITVR• ARMIS•
I•A•V•IECHTER•D•G•MO:
:C:CAMERG•

Unabridged legend:
Austriacis Buda urbs aquilis substernitur armis.
Iacobus / Jacobus A. V. Iechter de Grueb, Montanarum Civitatum Camergravius.

Translation:
Buda is brought low by the Austrian arms under their eagle standards.
J. A. V. Iechter de Grueb, chamber count of the mining towns

Engraver: Christian Hermann Roth

Mint

Kremnica, Slovakia (1328-date)

Mark

CRH	Kristian Hermann Roth von Rothenfel, Cutter, Kremnica (1654-1690)

Comments

Struck at the instigation of the chamber count of the Hungarian mining towns, Jacob Viechter de Grueb.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1686	CRH

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