Taler from the Principality of Transylvania (Zevenbergen) of Gabriel Bethlen, 1621
Also known as: Taler uit het vorstendom Transsylvanië (Zevenbergen) van Gabriël Bethlen,1621
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
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 record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.4 cm x weight 28.54 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.4 cm x weight 28.54 g
Design
- 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.
Identification
- Original title
- Taler uit het vorstendom Transsylvanië (Zevenbergen) van Gabriël Bethlen,1621
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-1367
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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