Hungary Thaler - Maximilian I, 1575

1 Thaler from Hungary. Issued in 1575. Struck in Silver (.894). Measures 0 mm and weighs 28.82 g.

Obverse

Crowned bust in striped armour looking to the right, long tulip-motived scepter in right hand; Head crosses inner circle and divides legend. Flat armour (Maximillianus II. dei gratia Electus Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex -
Maximillian II, by the grace of God Elected Emperor of the Romans, forever Monarch, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia)

Reverse

Double-headed glorified eagle with wide open wings, on the breast fourfold curved shield: Hungarian Árpád stripes, Hungarian double cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lion. In chest shield Austrian bonds. Mintmark at the sides by the feet of the eagle. Above the neck of the eagle crowned Madonna on crescent, holding child in her right arm, scepter in her left. Smaller shield. Flat armour (Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae Marchio Moraviae -
Crown Prince of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Marquis of Moravia)

Edge

Smooth