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Copper Poltura - Maria Theresa
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1763-1766 |
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| Currency | Austro-Hungarian Florin (1754-1857) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Maria Theresa facing right, with the mint mark S positioned below the bust. The effigy is surrounded by a continuous Latin legend identifying the ruler and her titles. Varieties exist in the precise positioning and spacing of the legend. The portrait is rendered in the formal Baroque style characteristic of mid-18th-century Habsburg coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | M · THERES · D : G · R · I · GE · HU · BO · REG · S |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts the crowned and radiant glorified Madonna as Patrona Hungariae, seated on a crescent moon and holding the Christ Child on her left arm. The figure is rendered in the devotional Baroque style typical of Hungarian coinage of this period. The denomination POLTURA appears below the central device, interrupting the surrounding Latin legend. The date is divided and integrated within the legend, flanking the central image, with mint letters further identifying the place of striking. |
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