Huszár 718, Pohl 219-3, Unger 564c, Réthy II 234, Frynas 34.36.

Hungary. Matthias Corvinus/Mátyás Hunyadi (1458-1490)

AR denar AR denar (aver. fineness approx. .500 AR; ideal weight .59023 g.); .48 g., 15.90 mm. max., 0°

Obv: + MOnETA MAThIE • R • VnGAR, Four-part shield with Hungarian arms (Árpádian stripes, patriarchal cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, crowned lion of Berszterce), raven in escutcheon.

Rev: • PATROn – VnGARI •, Veiled Madonna with infant Jesus to her right, K–C in fields.

The type was struck 1472-1478 per Pohl. Huszár, Unger, Gyöngyössy and Frynas all assign a date range of 1471-1481.

This privy mark was struck in Kremnitz/Körmöcbánya, now Kremnica, Slovakia, by Johannes Constorfer, kammergraf. Although Pohl does not assign a specific date to this mark, Gyöngyössy assigns 1471.

Huszár/Pohl rarity 4, Unger value 7 DM, Frynas rarity C. By my provisional estimate, roughly 30% of this type bears this mark. Coins of this type with this mark most commonly have this obverse legend (or a minor variant). In my article on this coinage, I classified coins bearing this legend as Subtype A.