½ Thaler 1837-1848 [Austria]

Name: Монеты ½ Thaler 1837-1848 [Austria]
Price: 1000 RUB
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Reverse
The central part features the lesser coat of arms of the Austrian Empire: a double-headed eagle with spread wings, its heads crowned, above them the Crown of Saint Stephen; in the eagle's right talon are a sword and scepter, in the left an orb; on its breast is the dynastic heraldic shield of Habsburg-Lorraine, encircled by a chain, with the empire's highest orders below the shield. Along the upper edge of the coin is a Latin inscription on the right and left: 'REX∙LOMB∙ET∙VEN∙DALM∙GAL∙LOD∙ILL∙A∙A∙1841∙' (King of Lombardy and Venice, Dalmatia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Illyria, Archduke of Austria 1841). The rim is decorated with decorative dentils.
Obverse
Centered is the right-facing profile of Emperor of the Austrian Empire, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Ferdinand I, wearing a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon forming a bow. Around the edge of the coin, from left to right, runs the Latin text 'FERD∙I∙D∙G∙AVSTR∙IMP∙HVNG∙BOH∙R∙H∙N∙V∙' (Ferdinand I, by the Grace of God, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, Bohemia). Below is the Latin letter 'A' - the mint mark of the Vienna Mint. The rim of the coin features decorative raised dentils.