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1 Ducat - Ferdinand I Vienna
| Issuer | Habsburg Monarchy (Holy Roman Empire) |
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| Year | 1544 |
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| Weight | 3.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Central quartered shield bearing the arms of Hungary (barry of eight), Bohemia (lion rampant), and the Holy Roman Empire, with additional quarterings for Austria and other Habsburg territories, surmounted by a small imperial eagle. The date 1544 appears within the upper field of the shield. A beaded inner circle frames the arms, with the circular Latin legend reading FERDINA D G RO VNG BO REX distributed around the periphery. The coin exhibits the characteristic irregular flan and bold relief of mid-sixteenth-century hammered gold coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length armored figure of Saint Ladislaus, patron saint of Hungary, standing facing, wearing a crown and plate armor, holding a halberd or battle-axe in his right hand and an orb or Gospel book in his left. The saint is depicted in a hieratic, frontal pose typical of late medieval and early Renaissance Hungarian ducats. The surrounding circular Latin legend reads SANCTVS LADISLAVS REX, divided across the field, within a beaded border. The flan is slightly irregular, consistent with hand-hammered production at the Vienna Mint. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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