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1 Thaler - Ákos Barcsai
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1660 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler (Tallér) |
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| Reverse description | Central ornamental cartouche bearing the devotional inscription SERVA NOS QUIA PERIMUS in two lines within a scrollwork frame, surmounted by a crown with foliate decoration. The date 1660 is displayed in two digits flanking the crowned interlaced cypher 'CB' (Caspar Böszörményi, mintmaster), with the mintmaster's initials C-B below. A circular Latin legend reading DE PROFUNDIS CLAMAVI AD TE DOMINE surrounds the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | DE PROFUNDIS CLAMAVI AD TE DOMINE / SERVA NOS QUIA PERIMUS / 16 C-B 60 |
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Ákos Barcsai became Prince of Transylvania in 1658 under direct Ottoman pressure, installed after the catastrophic Polish campaigns of György Rákóczi II left the principality militarily broken and tribute-delinquent to the Porte. His reign lasted barely two years. János Kemény, his rival, had him strangled in 1661 — making coinage struck in his name exceptionally short-series by any measure.
The 1660 date places this thaler in his final year of rule, minted as Ottoman and Transylvanian political factions were already maneuvering against him.