=SOLD= 0163:: Numismatics, 1780 Coin Locket, sterling .833 silver, Austria Empress Maria-Theresia, double-headed eagle

SKU163:: 1780 Coin Locket, sterling .833 silver, Austria Empress Maria-Theresia, double-headed eagle.

FEATURES
Country: Margraviate of Burgau (Austro-Hungarian Gulden (1754) (Austrian states)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1773-1780
Value: 1 Konventionsthaler (2)
Currency: 1780
Composition: Silver (.833)
Weight: 33g as a locket
Diameter: 41 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm as a locket
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized: 1854
References: KM# 22, Her# 506-514
Obverse: Right facing portrait of Empress Maria Theresia of Habsburg surrounded by the legend “Maria Theresia, Dei Gratia, Romanorum Imperatrix, Hungariae Bohemiaeque Regina”.
Lettering: M·THERESIA·D·G· R·IMP·HU·BO·REG·S·F·
Translation: Maria-Theresia, by the Grace of God, Roman Empress, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia
Reverse: Imperial double-headed eagle with the arms of Austria at the centre, surrounded by four quarters representing Hungary, Bohemia, Burgundy and Burgau (Guenzburg). Legend around “Archidux Austriae, Dux Burgundiae, Comes Tyrolis”.
Note: No mintmarks below feet.
Lettering: ARCHID·AUST·DUX· BURG·CO·TYR·1780·X
Translation: Archduchess of Austria, duchess of Burgundy, comtess of Tyrol
Edge: Inscription disturbed by cut.
Lettering: IUSTITIA ET CLEMENTIA

sold on eBay 61.01 April 4th 2021

Austria 1854 c.Reference number: 2020.0163 sold