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60 - 3 Gros Coin, Sigismund Báthory, Principality of Transylvania, 1597, silver, silver, Obverse legend: SIG · D · G : TRAN · MOL · WAL · S · R[…] Obverse description: Bust of Prince Sigismund Báthory, shown in profile facing right, bareheaded, with short hair and a moustache. He wears decorated armour with a high collar. The Latin legend giving the prince’s title runs around the edge. Reverse legend: * III * / · 1 · 5 · - 9 · 7 / GRO - ARG / TRIP * PRIN / TRANSYL · / VANIAE · / * · Reverse description: The denomination III appears in the upper section; below it, the issue year 15–97, divided by a crowned shield bearing the Báthory family arms. In the lower section, a Latin inscription is arranged in four lines. This piece is a numismatic document of exceptional historical and documentary value, illustrating the monetary policies promoted by the princes of Transylvania in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. During this period, the princely authority adopted and put into circulation coin issues inspired by the iconographic models and metrological standards of the Polish mint, reflecting the significant influence of Polish coinage on monetary circulation in the Principality of Transylvania. At the same time, the adoption of these iconographic models reflects the dynastic connections and political and cultural relations between the Transylvanian branch of the Báthory family and the branch that held the throne of the Kingdom of Poland, highlighting the interplay between the monetary traditions of the two political spheres, d=21.43 mm, This lot is being classified by the Romanian Ministry of Heritage.
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3 Gros Coin, Sigismund Báthory, Principality of Transylvania, 1597, silver, silver, Obverse legend: SIG · D · G : TRAN · MOL · WAL · S · R[…] Obverse description: Bust of Prince Sigismund Báthory, shown in profile facing right, bareheaded, with short hair and a moustache. He wears decorated armour with a high collar. The Latin legend giving the prince’s title runs around the edge. Reverse legend: * III * / · 1 · 5 · - 9 · 7 / GRO - ARG / TRIP * PRIN / TRANSYL · / VANIAE · / * · Reverse description: The denomination III appears in the upper section; below it, the issue year 15–97, divided by a crowned shield bearing the Báthory family arms. In the lower section, a Latin inscription is arranged in four lines. This piece is a numismatic document of exceptional historical and documentary value, illustrating the monetary policies promoted by the princes of Transylvania in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. During this period, the princely authority adopted and put into circulation coin issues inspired by the iconographic models and metrological standards of the Polish mint, reflecting the significant influence of Polish coinage on monetary circulation in the Principality of Transylvania. At the same time, the adoption of these iconographic models reflects the dynastic connections and political and cultural relations between the Transylvanian branch of the Báthory family and the branch that held the throne of the Kingdom of Poland, highlighting the interplay between the monetary traditions of the two political spheres, d=21.43 mm, This lot is being classified by the Romanian Ministry of Heritage.
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