Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Ducats - Leopold I
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1695 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | LEOPOLDVS D.G. ROM. IMP. S. AVG. GER. HVN. BOH. REX |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Leopold I struck multiple-ducat pieces for Transylvania as political instruments as much as monetary ones — the principality had been wrested from Ottoman suzerainty following the campaigns of 1683–1699, and large gold presentation multiples reinforced Habsburg authority over newly consolidated territory. These were not pocket change; 10-ducat pieces functioned as gifts to nobility and military commanders, and most surviving examples show no circulation whatsoever for the obvious reason that they were never intended to circulate.
The 1695 date falls squarely within the Great Turkish War, one year before the decisive Habsburg victory at Zenta.