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Huszár 728, Pohl 220-5, Unger 578f, Réthy II 244, Frynas H.34.51.
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Hungary. Matthias/Mátyás Hunyadi ("Corvinus") (1458-1490).
AR obolus (average fineness .500 AR, average weight .59023 g.), .26 g., 12.2 mm. max., 0°.
Obv: Four-part shield with Hungarian arms (Árpádian stripes, patriarchal cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, crowned lion of Berszterce), raven in escutcheon.
Rev: Veiled Madonna with infant Jesus to her left, K–P* (privy mark) in fields.
Type struck 1471-1481 (per Huszár), 1471-1486 (per Gyöngyössy), 1471-1488 (per Unger) or 1472-1485 (per Pohl). Privy mark was struck in Kremnitz/Körmöcbánya, Hungary, now Kremnica, Slovakia, by Paul Peck, kammergraf, or possibly Paul Modrár, ca. 1472-1478 (per Pohl) or 1472-1477 (per Gyöngyössy).
Huszár/Pohl rarity 6, Unger value 15 KM, Frynas rarity N.
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