110F. Sigismund Bathory Taler Coin, Principality of Transylvania, 1591, Silver
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110F. Sigismund Bathory Taler Coin, Principality of Transylvania, 1591, Silver
Starting price:
EUR 600
Sold
EUR 2.000
silver, d=40 mm
Obverse legend: BATHORI • SIGISMVNDVS, next to his bust with scepter, oriented to the left
Reverse legend: PRINCEPS * TRANSSYLVANIA * 1591, next to the coat of arms
In the year of the taler's minting, we find Johannes Banfi Hunyades (1576-1646), active in the mint of the city of Baia Mare, a silverman, chemist, alchemist, and professor at Gresham College in London.
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