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HUNGARY - Matthias Corvinus
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Hungary Mathias I Corvinus (1458-90) AR Denar. Rethy 2-239B About VF. 6 g. 16mm.
**ERROR IN LEGEND: "+M.MATHIE.R.NVGARIE/PATRON VNGARIE" --
NVGARIE engraved in error. RAR!
Mathias Corvinus was a famous Hungarian King in history - He is known as the King who imprisoned Count Vlad Dracul -
Vlad the Impaler,otherwise known as "Dracula" - and then sent him back to Wallachia and Transylvania to counter the advancing Ottoman armies.
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