Denier - Matthias Corvinus occupied Vienna mint

Features

Issuer Hungary
King Matthias Corvinus (Mátyás Hunyadi) (1457-1490)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1485-1490
Value 1 Denier (Denár) (1⁄96)
Currency Florin (1310-1540)
Composition Silver
Weight 0.46 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
52513
References ÉH# 569,
Emil Unger; 1997. Magyar Éremhatározó / Kötet 1. 1000-1540. Ajtósi Dűrer Könyvkiadó, Budapest, Hungary.
And 2 more volumes.
H# 724
Huszár Lajos; 1979. Münzkatalog Ungarn. Battenberg, Munich, Germany.

Obverse

Fourfold Hungarian coat of arms: Hungarian Árpád stripes, Hungarian double cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lions. In chest shield Hunyadi crow with ring in peak;
Szapolyai Coat of Arms in small in central lettering below the shield.

Lettering: + MONETA VNGARIE

Translation: Money of Hungary

Reverse

Crowned Madonna holding baby Jesus in her right arms divides mintmark

Lettering:
PATRO VNGARI
S W

Translation: Patron of Hungary

Edge

Smooth

Comments

C.II.-238
Mátyás Hunyadi, as Hungarian King has occupied Vienna and Lower Austria in 1485; from that year on he has started to mint Hungarian type denárs in Wien.
Two types were minted in Vienna: Madonna with a crown (EH#569 on the picture) and Madonna with a scarf (EH#568).
István (Spephanus) Szapolyai, as Governor of Lower of Austria, and Mátyás's Military General was responsible for the mintage, hence the shield in the obverse and the mar on the reverse: S-W stands for "Stephanus-Wien" or S-V "Stephanus-Vienna"

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1485-1490) S - V 80%
ND (1485-1490) S - W 20%

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