Hungary ½ Thaler - Ferdinand I, 1553

½ Thaler from Hungary. Issued in 1553. Struck in Silver (.894). Measures 0 mm and weighs 14.41 g.

Obverse

Crowned bust facing right with shouldered scepter in right hand, a short mace in left. The Tyrol shield on the right, within pearl circle. (Ferdinandus Dei Gratia Romanorum Hungariae Bohemiae Dalmatiae Croatiae Rex -
Ferdinánd, by the grace of God, King of the Romans, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia)

Reverse

Curved fourfold coat of arms: Hungarian Árpád stripes, Hungarian double cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lion. In center shield Austrian bonds. Above shield half-bodied Madonna, crowned and glorified with scepter in left hand and child on right arm. Two angel heads above at the side, K-B mintmark beolw at the sides (Infans Hispaniae Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae -
Crown Prince of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy)

Edge

Smooth