1082138 | GERMAN STATES. Regensburg. Ferdinand IV. (King of the Romans, 1653-1654). MDCLIII (1653) HF AR Pattern or Off-Metal Strike 2 Ducats. PCGS MS63. By Hieronymus Federer. 24mm. 3.02gm. RESPICIT HÆC POPVLVM RESPICIT ILLA POLVM. Rays above eagle sitting atop a globus cruciger; landscape and city view in background / IN MEMO/ RIAM REGIAE/ CORONATIONIS/ ET COMITIORVM/ RATISBONANO/ MDCLIII. Legend within floral wreath. cf. KM 137; Montenuovo 845.

Medallic off-metal strike in silver from gold ducat dies, for the Coronation of Ferdinand IV in Regensburg, 18 June 1653.


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Ferdinand IV (8 September 1633 – 9 July 1654) was made and crowned King of Bohemia in 1646, King of Hungary and Croatia in 1647, and King of the Romans on 31 May 1653. He was crowned in Ratisbon (Regensburg, present-day south-east Germany) on 18 June 1653 after gaining the position on 31 May 1653. Ferdinand IV unexpectedly died of smallpox in Vienna on 9 July 1654.