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Huszár 733, Pohl 228, Unger --, Réthy II 248, Frynas S. Wroc. 10.1, Kopicki 8774-8775, Friedensburg 557b
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Hungary. Matthias/Mátyás Hunyadi ("Corvinus") (1458-1490), as King of Bohemia (1469-1490).
AR garas/groschen, struck for the city of Wratislawia in Silesian Bohemia (now Breslau/Wroclaw, Poland); 2.12 g., 25.90 mm. max., 180°.
Obv: + MATHIAS • PRIMVS • D • G • R • BOHEMIE, Four-part shield with Árpádian stripes, Bohemians lion, Lusatian bull and Silesian eagle, raven with ring in escutcheon.
Rev: GROSSVS • WRA-TISLAVIENSIS, Figure of Saint John the Baptist facing, holding lamb.
Type struck 1470-1490 (per Pohl) for the city of Wratislawia in Silesia (now Breslau/Wroclaw, Poland), after Matthias was elected by the insurgent Catholic Czech aristocrats as king of Bohemia in 1469 in opposition to the Hussite king, George Poděbrady, and seized Silesia. He was never crowned. In 1479, he agreed to limit his rule to Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia, while retaining his title. Huszár does not list the coin without a W mintmark (in the reverse left field) but Pohl notes that it also appears without a mintmark. It seems to be more common without the mark.
Huszár/Pohl rarity 10, Frynas rarity S.
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