Issuing authority
Principality of Transylvania
- Kind
- principality
- Region
- Eastern Europe, Europe
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
8
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
8 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1562 – 1733
8 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (8)
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Thaler, emergency coin for the army of John II Sigismund Zápolya, claimant to the throne of Hungary and Prince of Transylvania, at war against Emperor Ferdinand I.
1562
Uniface emergency coin with broken suspension loop or filled hole. Obverse: two stamps: upper stamp: letters I, E, R and V in compartment; lower stamp: in cartouche: half-bodied standing animal between moon and star and year. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-19; its record giv…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler, emergency coin for the army of John II Sigismund Zápolya, claimant to the Hungarian throne and prince of Transylvania, at war against Emperor Maximilian II
1565
Single-sided emergency coin. Obverse: two stamps: upper stamp: letters IO, SE, REX, and VN in banner; lower stamp: in cartouche: half-length standing animal between moon and star and date. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-24; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler, emergency coin from Hermannstadt, struck during the siege, by Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania
1611
Obverse: crowned escutcheon above year and letters CIBIN within snake circle and legend. Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-227; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x weight 28.17 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler from the Principality of Transylvania (Zevenbergen) of Gabriel Bethlen, 1621
1621
Silver coin. Obverse: between two coats of arms, cuirassed bust of the ruler facing right with a sceptre in his right hand. Reverse: between the letters K and B [=Kremnitz], decorated crowned composite coat of arms. Year at the end of the legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1367; its re…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten poltura, emergency coin from Leopoldstadt, struck by the Malcontents in Hungary
1705
Obverse: monogram of letters S and L between year within beaded rim. Reverse: inscription above Roman numeral X in decorated cartouche within beaded rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-434; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ten poltura, emergency coin of Ferenc Rákóczi, during the Hungarian Uprising
1706
Obverse: crowned coat of arms between year. Reverse: inscription above Roman numeral X in decorated cartouche. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-432; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.1 cm x weight 7.83 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Transylvania (Zevenbergen), Emperor Charles VI, ducat, 1720
1720
Gold coin. Obverse: head of the emperor facing right. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle, with on its breast the crowned coat of arms of Transylvania surrounded by a chivalric order with jewel, and with sword and sceptre in its talons. Year at the end of the inscription. Cable border. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, h…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
3 kreuzer from Transylvania of Emperor Charles VI, 1733
1733
Silver coin. Obverse: laureate head of the emperor facing right. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle, with the crowned coat of arms of Transylvania on its breast encircled by an order of knighthood with a jewel, and holding a sword and sceptre in its talons. Below, within a shield, the value indication: 3. Date at…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 16th century2
- 17th century2
- 18th century4
Only the 8 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Silver5
- Copper2
- Gold1
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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