Lot 38-311. Austrian Netherlands. Maria Theresa. 1740-1780. AE medal. 1743.

Austrian Netherlands. Maria Theresa. 1740-1780. AE medal (42.9 mm, 17.07 g, 6 h). 1743. Cardinal Fleury, Chief Minister of France, sitting at left and pointing on a map with a staff, and to his left Holy Roman emperor Charles VII Albert, King August III of Poland, and King Frederick II of Prussia, each pointing to areas on the map that they think they are entitled to and are marked in abbreviation on the map: "SILES" (Silesia), "SAX" (Saxony), "BOHEME" (Bohemia), "BYR" (Bavaria), "OOSTENE" (Austria), AND "BAV" (?); surrounding Low Dutch legend "EEDE EN VERBONDE GEBROOKEN ENT VUUR ALOMME AANGESTOOKEN (The oaths and covenants hath been broken and bonfires singly kindled)" / Crowned full figure of Maria Theresa with child (future emperor Joseph II) in her arms; Date "1742" in exergue; Surrounding Low Dutch legend "DE PRAGMATIQUE SANCTIE EN NOU VANMYN ERVELANDE BEROOFT (The pragmatic sanction promised and now deprives my inherited lands)". Julius 1711. Fine, earthen deposits.

 

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