Hungary Thaler - Rudolf, 1579

1 Thaler from Hungary. Issued in 1579. Struck in Silver (.894). Measures 0 mm and weighs 28.82 g.

Obverse

Armoured non-crowned bust in ruffled collar looking right, ring of pearls and a line under circle of lettering. Hungarian fourfold coat of arms (Árpád stripes - Double cross - Dalmation leopard heads - Bohemian lion) with Austrian bonds as chest shield in the legend behind the shoulder. Madonna with child on a crescent on the right, child in right arm, scepter in the left (Rudolphus II. dei gratia electus Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex -
Rudolf II, by the grace of God, elected Emperor of the Romans, forever Monarch, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia)

Reverse

A glorified double headed Imperial eagle holding sceptre and sword, an imperial orb on the breast, no mintmark (Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae Marchio Moraviae -
Crown Prince of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Marquis of Moravia)

Edge

Smooth