1 Garas - Gábor Bethlen

Bethlen issued these small silver pieces during the years immediately following his third military campaign against the Habsburgs, a conflict that ended with the 1624 Peace of Vienna and left him in an awkward position — nominally at peace with Ferdinand II while still actively courting Ottoman backing and Protestant German princes. The garas denomination served the practical demands of a principality whose economy ran heavily on trade with both Ottoman and Central European markets simultaneously.

The Resch references span a notably wide die variety range for a three-year window, reflecting Bethlen's tendency to maintain multiple active dies across his mints at Nagyszeben and Gyulafehérvár.