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1 wide Garas - Gábor Bethlen
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1620 |
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| Value | 1 Groschen (Garas) (1⁄24) |
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| Obverse description | Central quartered shield of arms displaying the heraldic devices of Transylvania and Hungary, with the mint marks N-B (Nagybánya) flanking the lower portion of the shield. The entire device is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. A continuous Latin legend runs around the periphery reading GABR·D·G·S·HVN·CR·DAL·SCRI, abbreviated titles of Gabriel Bethlen as Prince of Transylvania and claimant to the Hungarian crown. |
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| Reverse description | A crowned half-length figure, likely representing a royal or princely effigy, facing forward with orb in hand, set within the field. The date 1620 appears in the upper left of the field. A beaded inner circle frames the central device, with a continuous Latin peripheral legend reading PRIN·TRANS·ET·SICM·COM, denoting the titles Prince of Transylvania and Count of Székelys, rendered in the abbreviated style typical of early seventeenth-century Transylvanian coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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