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2 Thalers - Mihály Apafi
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1662 |
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| Weight | 58.10 g |
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| Reverse description | Elaborately quartered coat of arms of the Principality of Transylvania surmounted by a royal crown, the shield incorporating the Transylvanian eagle, the seven castles of Saxony, and the sun and moon motifs, all within ornate cartouche work with foliate scrolls. The date 1662 appears to the upper left of the shield within the legend. The full circumferential Latin legend reads PAR·REG·HUN·D· to the right and ·L·SIC·V·CO· to the left. |
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| Reverse lettering | ·1662·PAR·REG·HUN·D·L·SIC·V·CO· |
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Mihály Apafi was installed as Prince of Transylvania in 1661 under direct Ottoman pressure — the Turks had effectively handpicked him after crushing the previous claimant, János Kemény, at the Battle of Nagyszőlős. Apafi's early coinage, this piece among it, was struck under conditions of extreme political dependency, with Ottoman suzerainty dictating the limits of Transylvanian autonomy more tightly than at almost any prior point in the principality's history.
The 1662 date places this coin in the first full year of his reign, before the administrative apparatus had fully stabilized. Two-thaler strikes of this period are large presentation-grade issues, produced in limited numbers and not intended for everyday commerce.