Obverse description | Armoured non-crowned bust in ruffled collar looking right, ring of pearls and a line under circle of lettering. Hungarian fourfold coat of arms (Árpád stripes - Double cross - Dalmation leopard heads - Bohemian lion) with Austrian bonds as chest shield in the legend behind the shoulder. Madonna with child on a crescent on the right, child in right arm, scepter in the left |
Obverse script | |
Obverse lettering | RVDOL ·
II · D · G · EL · RO · IM · S · AV · GE · HV · B · REX
·:· (Translation: Rudolphus II. dei gratia electus Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex - Rudolf II, by the grace of God, elected Emperor of the Romans, forever Monarch, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia) |
Reverse description | A glorified double headed Imperial eagle holding sceptre and sword, an imperial orb on the breast, no mintmark |
Reverse script | |
Reverse lettering | ARCHIDVX · AVST · DVX · BVR · MARCHI · MOR ·
1579 (Translation: Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae Marchio Moraviae - Crown Prince of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Marquis of Moravia) |
Edge | Smooth |
Mint | KB Kremnica, Slovakia(1328-date) |
Mintage | 1579 - Vienna - 1579 KB - Vienna - |
Catalog ID | 7737205260 |
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