14 liards - Marie-Thérèse

Belgium · 1756 · 14 liards

Circulating coinRare

273,690coins minted

€2.03silver value · 1.37 g fine at today’s price

N24897 KM18

RZReference number RZRZ-BGG4J

Circulating coin

Series of 14 liards of Maria Theresa (1755-1778)

The coin's story

This 14 liards coin in 507 thousandths silver, worth 7/40 of a florin, belongs to the series struck from 1755 to 1778 in the name of Empress Maria Theresa for the Austrian Netherlands. The Austrian Netherlands, present-day Belgium, then belonged to Maria Theresa of Austria, who reigned from 1740 to 1780 and was represented there by her brother-in-law, the Governor General Charles of Lorraine. The obverse is taken up by the Burgundian cross, which divides the value in Roman numerals XIV, with a crown above and the mint mark below. The reverse shows the double-headed imperial eagle bearing the shield of Austria and Burgundy. Both sides are the work of the engraver Jacques Roëttiers. The 1756 date, marked with the hand of Antwerp, was struck in 273,690 pieces.

ObverseThe Burgundian Cross

MAR THERES D : G R IMP GERM HUNG BOH R : X IV

Design: The Burgundian cross dividing the value in Roman numerals, a crown at the top and the mint mark at the bottom.
Legend: MAR · THERES · D : G · R · IMP · GERM · HUNG · BOH · R : (Maria Theresa, by the grace of God, Empress of the Romans, Queen of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia).
Denomination: X IV (14 liards).
Marks: A hand, mark of the Antwerp Mint.

JREngraved by Jacques Roëttiers

ReverseThe Imperial Eagle

ARCH AUST DUX BURG BRAB COM FL1756

Design: The crowned double-headed eagle bearing on its breast a shield party per pale Austria-Burgundy, topped by a crown.
Legend: ARCH · AUST · DUX · BURG · BRAB · COM · FL · (Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgundy and Brabant, Countess of Flanders).
Date: 1756.

JREngraved by Jacques Roëttiers