Description
Country or authority: Kingdom of Hungary
Year or date range: 1557
Denomination: Denar
Composition: Silver
Ruler or portrait: Ferdinand I; crowned Madonna and Child on reverse
Mint or mintmark: Körmöcbánya (Kremnica); K–B
Catalogue references: Huszár (1979) 935
Obverse description: Quartered shield with Hungarian bars and double cross, animal devices in the lower quarters and a small central shield. Surrounding legend reads FERDINAND · D · G · R · VNG · 1557; some separators are indistinct.
Reverse description: Crowned, seated Madonna facing, holding the Child on her right arm, at the viewer’s left. K and B flank the figure. Surrounding legend reads PATRONA · · VNGARIE.
