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1 Thaler - Gábor Báthori
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1609 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler (Tallér) |
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| Obverse description | Armored half-length portrait of Gabriel Báthory facing right, wearing ornate plate armor with a ruff collar and holding a scepter or baton; the effigy is rendered in a vigorous baroque style. The portrait is contained within an inner beaded circle. The circumferential Latin legend reads GABRIEL BATHORY D G PRINCEPS TRANSILVANIAE, beginning at upper right and continuing around the lower arc. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central quartered shield displaying the Transylvanian arms: the upper half bearing a double-headed eagle, the lower half divided into fields bearing castle towers, all surmounted by a princely crown with crest above the escutcheon. The mint mark letters N and B appear flanking the shield at mid-height. The date 1609 is inscribed to the left within the legend, and the full Latin circumferential legend reads PARTIUM REGNI HVNG DOMINVS ET SICVL COMES, all within a beaded border. |
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