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1/2 Garas - Gábor Báthori
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1608 |
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| Value | 1/2 Groschen (Garas) (1⁄48) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | · GABA · TRAN · PRIN · |
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Gábor Báthori seized the Transylvanian throne in 1608 through a combination of noble faction support and Ottoman acquiescence, deposing Zsigmond Rákóczi after barely a year in power. His reign proved turbulent enough that mint output was irregular, and half-gara denominations from his earliest regnal year are notably scarcer than those struck after his administration stabilized — briefly — around 1610.
He was assassinated by his own hajdú bodyguards in 1613, ending a reign marked by conflicts with both Habsburg and Ottoman interests simultaneously.