Hungary ½ Thaler - Matthias II, 1612 – 1613

½ Thaler from Hungary. Issued from 1612 to 1613. Struck in Silver (.882). Measures 0 mm and weighs 14.41 g.

Obverse

Crowned (Hungarian crown) armoured bust of Matthias with necklace and chain of the golden fleece in inner circle looking right, Hungarian and Bohemian royal legend, within Madonna with child in her left arm above the Monarch's crown. (Matthias the second, by grace of God King of Hungary and Bohemia)

Reverse

Crowned curved fourfold coat of arms (Hungarian Árpád stripes-Hungarian double cross, Bohemian lion, Dalmatian leopard heads, Moravian eagle) with an Austrian - Burgundian twofold chest shield divide KB mintmark. Order of the golden fleece necklace within inner circle, date in legend.

Edge

Smooth