Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
½ Thaler - Rudolph II Budweis
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1605 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 14.14 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | RVDOLPHVS II D G R I S A G H BO REX |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Rudolph II famously governed from Prague rather than Vienna, making Bohemia the effective center of Habsburg power during his reign — a fact that directly drove the proliferation of Bohemian minting activity in this period. The Budweis mint (České Budějovice) operated under municipal authority, and its output was tightly tied to the silver supply flowing through southern Bohemia.
By 1605, Rudolph's grip on his territories was visibly weakening. His brother Matthias had already begun maneuvering against him, and the Long Turkish War was draining imperial finances. Coinage from this precise year sits at the hinge of that dynastic fracture.