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Denier - Rudolf
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1579-1602 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (Denár) (1⁄360) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the composite Hungarian royal arms in four quarters: the Árpád dynastic stripes (barry of eight, gules and argent) in the first and fourth quarters, the Hungarian double apostolic cross on a mount in the second quarter, the Dalmatian leopard heads in the third quarter, and the Bohemian lion in an additional quarter; an inescutcheon at centre of the shield displays the Austrian fess (horizontal bar). The shield is pointed and curved in late Renaissance heraldic style, with the abbreviated royal titulature forming the surrounding circular legend. |
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| Obverse lettering | RVD•II•RO•I•S•AV•G•H•B•R• (Translation: Rudolphus II. dei gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex - Rudolf II, by the grace of God, Emperor of the Romans, forever Monarch, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia) |
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Rudolf II's Hungarian deniers were struck across multiple mints — Körmöcbánya (Kremnica) chief among them — during a reign defined by the Long Turkish War that erupted in 1593. The Hungarian monetary system was under sustained pressure as Ottoman forces pushed deep into Royal Hungary, and these small silver pieces circulated in territory that shrank with nearly every campaign season. The multiple Huszár references reflect genuine die and mint variations across the twenty-three year span, not bibliographic redundancy.