Austrian Netherlands 2 Souverains - Joseph II, 1783 – 1787

2 Souverains from Austrian Netherlands. Issued from 1783 to 1787. Struck in Gold (.919). Measures 28 mm and weighs 11.06 g.

Obverse

Laureate bust right, mint mark below. (Joseph II, by God's grace ever exalted Emperor of the Romans, King of Germany, Jerusalem, Hungary and Bohemia)

Reverse

Crowned oval shield with Austria-Lorraine-Burgundy arms atop a Burgundian cross, surrounded by the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Date at end of legend. (Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Lorraine, Brabant, Count of Flanders)