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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2175788, member: 56653&quot;]Medieval and post-medieval coins are quite interesting. Here is an interesting early 17th Cent. (thus, a bit later than most pictured here) from a scarce ruler of Transylvania (1605-1606) and Hungarian nobleman, prince Bocskai Istvan, a very interesting character who supported the Calvinist reform in Hungary and Transylvania against Habsburg&#039;s intention to champion Catholicism.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>HUNGARY, TRANSYLVANIA. ISTVAN BOCSKAI (1605-1606) AR21mm 2.17g Triple Groschen/Groszy (aVF, holed, filled)</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>AV: STEPH·D:G·HVN·TRAN·P·ET·SI·CV· bare headed bust r.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV: GROS·ARG / ·TRIP·REGNI / ·HVNGAR·/ ·1606· in 4 lines, III over Hungarian, Bocskai and Transylvanian coats of arms.</p><p><br /></p><p>REF: H:214, Resch:76, Unger:133 Nagybanya mint <b>1606.</b></p><p>(photo via Gitbud und Naumann - Munzhandlung Munchen)<b></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]420711[/ATTACH] </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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