Hungary ¼ Thaler - Rudolf, 1578 – 1588

¼ Thaler from Hungary. Issued from 1578 to 1588. Struck in Silver (.882). Measures 0 mm and weighs 7.21 g.

Obverse

Armoured non-crowned bust in ruffled collar (younger portrait) looking right Ring of pearls under circle of lettering. Smaller Hungarian fourfold coat of arms in circle behind the neck; Smaller Madonna with child on a crescent on the right. (Rudolphus II. dei gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex -
Rudolf II, by the grace of God, Emperor of the Romans, forever Monarch, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia)

Reverse

Symmetric double-headed glorified Habsburg eagle with a fourfold Hungarian coat of arms, with Austrian bonds as chestshield. Madonna seated on a crescent above the heads of eagle. (Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae Marchio Moraviae -
Crown Prince of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Marquis of Moravia)

Edge

Smooth