Catalog
1 Ducat - Ferdinand I Klagenfurt
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1556-1557 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Full-length facing effigy of Ferdinand I in full armour, standing erect and holding a sceptre in his right hand and an orb (globus cruciger) in his left. The figure is depicted in a frontal, hieratic pose with the head, sceptre, and feet bisecting a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend is broken by these elements and reads in Latin across the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Ferdinand I consolidated Habsburg control over the Austrian hereditary lands following his brother Charles V's abdication negotiations, and the Klagenfurt mint — capital of Carinthia — operated intermittently under direct archducal authority during the 1550s. These ducats were struck to the long-established Venetian ducat standard, which Habsburg mints across the region maintained deliberately to facilitate trade with Italian merchant networks.
Fr#42 is among the scarcer Klagenfurt gold issues; the mint's output was never high, and surviving examples in any grade are infrequently encountered at auction.