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1 Souverain - Maria Theresa Type 3
| Issuer | Austrian Netherlands |
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| Year | 1770-1777 |
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| Currency | Florin (1744-1798) |
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| Obverse description | Veiled and draped bust of Empress Maria Theresa facing right, rendered in high relief with finely engraved hair beneath a widow's veil. The effigy exhibits a mature, authoritative portrait characteristic of the post-1765 mourning coinage style. A beaded inner border frames the design. The circumferential Latin legend is divided by pellets and runs continuously around the obverse field. |
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| Obverse lettering | MAR · TH · D : G · R · IMP · G · HUNG · BOH · R · (Translation: Maria Theresa by God`s Grace Empress of the Romans, Queen of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia) |
| Reverse description | A crowned oval cartouche bearing the quartered arms of Austria and Burgundy, superimposed upon a Burgundian cross with flint-steels and sparks in the angles. The mint mark appears below the central shield, and the date is divided by the lower portion of the legend. A beaded inner border encircles the composition, with the Latin legend running along the periphery. |
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