Maria Theresia's hold on Bohemia during these years was anything but secure. The War of Austrian Succession had driven Bavarian and French forces into Prague in 1741, and Charles Albert of Bavaria was briefly crowned King of Bohemia in December of that year. Habsburg recovery of the city in 1742 made the Prague mint's resumption of coinage under Theresia's name a deliberate political act — these ducats announced restored authority as much as they facilitated commerce.
KM#739 is specific to the Prague mint's output across this narrow three-year window before Theresia's formal coronation as Queen of Bohemia in 1743 consolidated the situation.
Maria Theresia's hold on Bohemia during these years was anything but secure. The War of Austrian Succession had driven Bavarian and French forces into Prague in 1741, and Charles Albert of Bavaria was briefly crowned King of Bohemia in December of that year. Habsburg recovery of the city in 1742 made the Prague mint's resumption of coinage under Theresia's name a deliberate political act — these ducats announced restored authority as much as they facilitated commerce.
KM#739 is specific to the Prague mint's output across this narrow three-year window before Theresia's formal coronation as Queen of Bohemia in 1743 consolidated the situation.