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Obol - Vladislaus II
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1490-1497 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The enthroned Madonna, wearing an open radiate crown, is depicted in a glorified or mandorla-style presentation, seated facing, holding the Christ Child on her right arm. A mintmark appears divided on either side of the central figure. The composition follows the established Marian iconographic tradition of the Hungarian royal mint, rendered in the characteristic simplified style of late 15th-century hammered silver. |
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| Mintage | ND (1490-1494) K - CI - EH647a - ND (1490-1497) K - n - EH647e - ND (1494) K - M-AF - EH647b - ND (1495) K - M-AF-B - EH647c (on picture) - ND (1497) K - S-O - EH647d - |
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Vladislaus II — the Bohemian king elected by Hungarian nobles in 1490 over the stronger claim of Maximilian of Habsburg — spent much of his reign conceding authority to the magnate class that had placed him on the throne. His coinage reflects this institutional drift: the royal mints operated inconsistently, and minor denominations like the obol were produced in diminishing quantities as central fiscal control weakened. The period 1490–1497 predates the formal monetary reforms his administration attempted later, leaving early issues variably executed across minting centers.