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
Also known as: Taler, noodmunt voor het leger van Johan II Sigismund Zápolya, troonpretedent van Hongarije en prins van Transsylvanië, in oorlog tegen keizer Maximiliaan II.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
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); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.3 cm x weight 28.42 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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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 4.3 cm x weight 28.42 g · diameter 4,3 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 28,42 g
- Measurements
- diameter 4.3 cm x weight 28.42 g
Design
- 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.
Identification
- Original title
- Taler, noodmunt voor het leger van Johan II Sigismund Zápolya, troonpretedent van Hongarije en prins van Transsylvanië, in oorlog tegen keizer Maximiliaan II.
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-4-24
- Museum classification
- taler · coin · siege coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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