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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 4285373, member: 102103"]Day 6: Here's a 1521 half groschen coin by King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, the son of Vladislaus II from yesterday's entry. He became king at age 9 and ruled until age 20. He picked a fight with the Ottoman Empire and died in Battle of Mohács in 1526. The loss of Hungary opened the way for Suleiman I "The Magnificent" to besiege Vienna three years later in 1529, and to the furthest extent of Ottoman conquest in Eastern Europe. Bohemia and a small remaining portion of Hungary came under Habsburg control after the end of Louis' Jagiellon Dynasty.[ATTACH=full]1090595[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: CIVITAS.SWIEN:1521 (City of Schwiednitz, then part of Bohemia, now part of Silesia, Poland)</p><p>Reverse: LVDOVICVS.R.VN.ET.BO (Ludovicus = Louis, king of Hungary and Bohemia)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 4285373, member: 102103"]Day 6: Here's a 1521 half groschen coin by King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, the son of Vladislaus II from yesterday's entry. He became king at age 9 and ruled until age 20. He picked a fight with the Ottoman Empire and died in Battle of Mohács in 1526. The loss of Hungary opened the way for Suleiman I "The Magnificent" to besiege Vienna three years later in 1529, and to the furthest extent of Ottoman conquest in Eastern Europe. Bohemia and a small remaining portion of Hungary came under Habsburg control after the end of Louis' Jagiellon Dynasty.[ATTACH=full]1090595[/ATTACH] Obverse: CIVITAS.SWIEN:1521 (City of Schwiednitz, then part of Bohemia, now part of Silesia, Poland) Reverse: LVDOVICVS.R.VN.ET.BO (Ludovicus = Louis, king of Hungary and Bohemia)[/QUOTE]
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