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1 Ducat - János Zsigmond
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1560-1562 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Crowned quartered coat of arms of Transylvania displayed centrally in the field, incorporating the characteristic Hungarian dynastic and Transylvanian heraldic devices. The date appears in the upper field flanking the crown. A Latin legend encircles the shield along the periphery, identifying the ruler as János Zsigmond, King of Hungary. |
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| Reverse description | The enthroned Madonna and Child (Patrona Hungariae) depicted facing, with the Virgin seated on a throne bearing the Christ Child on her left arm. The figure is rendered in the Gothic-Renaissance transitional style characteristic of mid-sixteenth century Transylvanian coinage. A circular Latin legend reading PATRONA surrounds the central device along the coin's border. |
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János Zsigmond Zápolya ruled Transylvania as prince from 1559 until his death in 1571, though his claim to the Hungarian throne — as the son of János I — was never fully extinguished, kept alive through Ottoman backing and the perpetual instability of the partition of Hungary after Mohács. These ducats were struck during the earliest years of his formal princedom, when Transylvania was consolidating as a semi-autonomous vassal state under Suleiman I rather than a fully independent polity.
The Resch reference distinguishes at least two die variants within this date range.