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Austria 1/2 Thaler 1664
20.4gm; 43mm; The House of Habsburg, Leopold I, the Hogmouth (1640-1657-1705), ½-Schauthaler, commemorating the Battle of St Gotthard, Imperial eagle atop globe, SIC VNITIS NON PAVEO , rev radiant sun over crescent moon, QVO SVPERIORE POTENTIOR 1664 , 34mm (Mont 880; Julius 154; cf Vogl 237 for a Thaler). In 1664, the Grandvizier Köprili forced Montecuccoli to fight near St Gotthard at the Austrian frontier. The battle was won chiefly through attacks by 6,000 French troops led by La Feuillade and Coligny and the German troops led by Waldeck . Montecuccoli failed to exploit the victory.
20.4gm; 43mm; The House of Habsburg, Leopold I, the Hogmouth (1640-1657-1705), ½-Schauthaler, commemorating the Battle of St Gotthard, Imperial eagle atop globe, SIC VNITIS NON PAVEO , rev radiant sun over crescent moon, QVO SVPERIORE POTENTIOR 1664 , 34mm (Mont 880; Julius 154; cf Vogl 237 for a Thaler). In 1664, the Grandvizier Köprili forced Montecuccoli to fight near St Gotthard at the Austrian frontier. The battle was won chiefly through attacks by 6,000 French troops led by La Feuillade and Coligny and the German troops led by Waldeck . Montecuccoli failed to exploit the victory.