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Florin - Kristóf Báthori
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1580 |
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| Weight | 3.54 g |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal figure of Saint Ladislaus (László) standing in the field, clad in armor and royal robes, wearing a crown, holding a halberd or battle-axe in his right hand and an orb in his left. The date 1580 is divided across the lower field on either side of the figure. A mint mark appears at the base. The legend runs along the periphery within a beaded border, in Latin script. |
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| Reverse lettering | PATRONA * VNGARIE |
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Kristóf Báthori ruled Transylvania as voivode under the nominal suzerainty of his brother István, who had departed for Poland in 1576 upon election as king. The arrangement was politically convenient but constitutionally ambiguous — Kristóf never held the title of prince outright, governing instead through a delegated authority that his gold coinage had to project nonetheless. He died in 1581, leaving a minor son, Zsigmond, whose regency would consume the following decade.
The Resch variants 20–22 distinguish minor die differences in the reverse field, a granularity that matters primarily to specialists building complete type sets of the Báthori issues.