3 Garas - Zsigmond Báthori

Zsigmond Báthori abdicated the Transylvanian throne three times — in 1597, 1598, and 1599 — creating a constitutional chaos that left the principality's coinage in near-perpetual transitional flux. This 1598 issue falls within his second restoration, after Emperor Rudolf II had briefly taken direct control and Zsigmond had reclaimed power through negotiation rather than force.

The Resch references split across two varieties (252 and 254), indicating known die differences within the type — likely reflecting the disrupted mint operations at Nagyszeben during a year when political authority over Transylvania changed hands more than once.