Crowned bust in striped armour looking to the right, long tulip-motived scepter in right hand
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
MAXIMILI·II·D·G·EL·RO·IM·S·AV·GER·HVN·BO·REX* (Translation: Maximillianus II. dei gratia Electus Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex - Maximillian II, by the grace of God Elected Emperor of the Romans, forever Monarch, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia)
Reverse description
Double-headed glorified eagle with wide open wings, on the breast fourfold curved shield: Hungarian Árpád stripes, Hungarian double cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lion. In chest shield Austrian bonds. Mintmark at the sides by the feet of the eagle. Above the neck of the eagle crowned Madonna on crescent, holding child in her right arm, scepter in her left. Large shield.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
ARCHI · DVX · AVS · DVX · BVRG · MARC
· MORA · 1575
K B (Translation: Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae Marchio Moraviae - Crown Prince of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Marquis of Moravia)
Edge
Smooth
Mint
Mintage
1573 K - B - EH757a - 1574 - EH757b - 1574 H - S - EH757c - 1574 K - B - EH757a - 1575 H - S - EH757c - 1575 K - B - EH757a - 1578 H - S - EH757c -