In 1772 with the partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the south-eastern part of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was awarded to the Habsburg Empress Maria-Theresa. In 1782 a parliament was constituted by emperor Joseph II. Known  as Galicia and Lodomeria, it became the largest, most populous, and northernmost province of the Austrian Empire until the dissolution of that monarchy at the end of World War I in 1918, when it ceased to exist as a geographic entity.
<p>Silver medallion, d = 43 mm. 26.23 g Ag.
</p><p>Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1764 - 1790
</p><p>Head r., around: "IOS. II. AUG. ET. LOD. R. OSVIC. ET. ZAT. D."/ The personification of Galicia r. shaking hands with a Roman lawyer r. Curved above: "CONVENTV. ORDIN. PERPETVO.  IN. GALIZIA. ET. LOD. CONSTITVTO." In exergue: "MDCCLXXXII". Slg Julius 2779; Forrer VI, p.567.
</p><p>Medallist:
</p><p>I. N. (Johann Nepomuk) Wirt, 1753 Wien - 1811 Vienna.
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Condition:   EXTREMELY FINE+, beautiful old patina.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19819139" class="extiw" title="d:Q19819139"><span title="Austrian engraver and medalist">Johann Nepomuk Würth</span></a>
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31 December 1782<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1782-12-31T00:00:00Z/11</div>
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>