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Florin - János Zsigmond
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1561 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Enthroned Madonna and Child facing forward, the Virgin crowned and seated on a throne, holding the Christ Child on her left arm in the traditional Patrona Hungariae type. A hammer mintmark appears below the central device. The surrounding Latin legend reads PATRONA within a beaded inner border, with further legend around the periphery. |
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János Zsigmond Zápolya held Transylvania under Ottoman suzerainty, a political arrangement that kept him perpetually at odds with Habsburg claimants to the Hungarian throne. His gold florins were struck to maintain the commercial credibility his court needed — Ottoman backing gave political cover but not economic weight. The references to multiple Resch numbers reflect genuine die variation across this issue, not cataloging ambiguity.