Medal - Imperial Coronation of Ferdinand IV in Regensburg

Medal - Imperial Coronation of Ferdinand IV in Regensburg - obverseMedal - Imperial Coronation of Ferdinand IV in Regensburg - reverse

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Features

Location Bishopric of Regensburg (German States)
Type Commemorative medals › Inauguration medal
Year 1653
Composition Silver
Weight 2.65 g
Diameter 24.5 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
215557

Commemorative issue

Coronation of Ferdinand IV as King of the Romans

Obverse

Riyal scepter topped by Divine Eye in clouds.
Banner with legend.
Flanked by palm fronds.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PRO DEO ET POPVLO

Reverse

Crown flanked by palm fronds above legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FERDINAND• IV•
HVG:ET•BÖH:REX.
CORON:IN•REGEN
ROMANORVM•
•XVIII•IVNY•
•MDCLIII•

Translation:
Ferdinand IV
King, of Hungary and Bohemia,
Crowned in Regensburg,
Of the Romans
18 June
1653

Edge

Smooth

Comments

After the French attempted to modify the system of the election of King of the Romans, Emperor Ferdinand III made an opportunity of a recent decline in the prestige of France, and was able to install Ferdinand IV as King of the Romans, and de facto heir to the Holy Roman Empire. He was crowned in Ratisbon (Regensburg, present-day south-east Germany) on 18 June 1653 after gaining the position on 31 May 1653. However, Ferdinand IV unexpectedly died of smallpox in Vienna on 9 July 1654, and was later succeeded by his brother Leopold I as King of the Romans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_IV%2C_King_of_the_Romans

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1653 

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