CHARLES VI, PEACE OF VIENNA

GENNARO, Maria Antonio de: Germany, 1725, Bronze, 55 mm
Obv: Bust of Charles VI (r)     IMP:CAES:CAROLUS DIVI LEOPOL:F:AUG:
Rev: Austria and Spain shaking hands, Mercury (Commerce), holding a torch and caduceus, in attendance.    CONCORDI PACE LIGAVIT
Exergue:  VINDOBONAE 1725
Signed:  De Gennaro. f.  (in script)
Ref: Montenuovo 1595; Schulman PiN 493; Wurzbach 4270; Slg. Julius 1360;  Weiss BW422

Charles VI (1685-1740), Roman Emperor (1711-1740), was born in Vienna, the second son of the Emperor Leopold. On the death of his elder brother Joseph I in 1711, Charles inherited the possessions of the House of Habsburg. He abandoned Spain, however, and was crowned emperor in 1711.

LINK to Portrait and Biography of Charles VI ( from Wikipedia)

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