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!
1 Florin - Gábor Bethlen
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1620-1622 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Thaler (1526-1780) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Armored bust of Gábor Bethlen facing right, wearing a fur-trimmed cap and elaborately detailed plate armor, holding a scepter over his right shoulder. The mintmark KB (Kremnica) appears divided in the field to either side of the figure. A beaded inner border frames the portrait, with a Latin legend running along the outer rim. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The enthroned Virgin Mary (Madonna) seated facing, crowned and nimbed, holding the Christ Child on her left knee and a scepter in her right hand, in the style of the traditional Hungarian Patrona Hungariae type. The date appears in the field to the left of the figure. Below the throne, the Hungarian arms (barry of eight, Árpád stripes) are displayed on a shield. A beaded inner border surrounds the central device, with a Latin legend distributed around the periphery. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |