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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 4986700, member: 56653&quot;]Although not exactly medieval, by Mathias Corvinus mid-reign Hungary was already a Renaissance kingdom, the denar of Lajos II from the year of the battle of Mohacs posted by [USER=89687]@ominus1[/USER] reminds me of this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197994[/ATTACH]</p><p>JANOS ZAPOLYA as PRINCE of TRANSYLVANIA (1510-1540) and KING of HUNGARY (1526-1540)</p><p>AR14mm 0.26g silver/billon denar minted in Varad(?), 1527.</p><p>IOHANNES * R * VNGAR * 1527 *, Four-part shield with Hungarian arms (Arpadian stripes, patriarchal cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Arpadian stripes), wolf in escutcheon.</p><p>PATRONA * * VNGARIE, Crowned Madonna with infant Jesus to her right, I - V (privy mark) in fields.</p><p>Huszar 881, Pohl 265-14, Unger 699s, Rethy II 331</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b> This scarce type was minted for Janos Zapolya soon after the disaster at Mohacs in 1526, likely at Varad for circulation in Transylvania as Zapolya claimed the throne of Hungary against the Habsburg interest. 1526 marks the end of the independent Kingdom of Hungary, the south-eastern parts being overrun by the Ottomans while Ferdinand of Habsburg claimed the Kingdom from Vienna. This of course did not go well with local magnates especially in Transylvania, where anti-Habsburg sentiments were high and also supported by the Ottoman Empire. With Ottoman support Zapolya opposed the Habsburgs with some success from 1529 to 1538, when he relented and accepted to name Ferdinand as his successor.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Huszar, Pohl and Unger the privy marks date from 1527 to 1530. But Zapolya only minted in 1527 (and possibly 1530?) as between early 1528 and late 1529, he was on the run following the defeat at Tarcal (September 1527).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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