1/2 Groshen - Matyáš Korvín

Issuer Jägerndorf, Duchy of
Year 1477-1490
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1/2 Garas (1⁄32)
Currency Groschen
Composition Silver
Weight 1.08 g
Diameter
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) H#737
Obverse description Coat of arms of the king inside pearled ring. Escutcheon divided in four quarter fields: Árpádian stripes, Bohemian rampant lion with crown, Lower Lusatian bull and Lower Silesian golden eagle. Centre shield with the Corvinus family raven with a ring in its beak.
Obverse script Latin (uncial)
Obverse lettering +mAThIAS·PRImVS·D·G·R·BOhEMIE
(Translation: Mathias Primus Dei Gratia Rex Bohemiae (Mathias the First, by the Grace of God, King of Bohemia))
Reverse description Madonna sitting with a veil on her head, holding infant Jesus in her right arm, mint-mark in the fields on each side
Reverse script Latin (uncial)
Reverse lettering GROSSVSCARnOVIEnSIS I S
(Translation: Grossus Carnoviensis (Gross of Carnovia) `Carnoviensis` refers to Carnovia, the latin name of the city of Krnov, the seat of the Duchy of Jägerndorf)
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (1477-1490) - -
Numisquare ID 9095206680
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