Bidspirit auction | Vintage Flip 1568 Hungarian ”Madonna

Vintage Flip 1568 Hungarian ”Madonna & Child” Silver Denar - This 1568 Hungarian silver denár was struck during the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II (who ruled Hungary as King Maximilian). Popularly known as a ”Madonna denar, ” this thin, hammered silver coin features the crowned Madonna cradling the infant Jesus on the obverse—symbolizing Mary as the Patrona Hungariae (Protectress of Hungary). The reverse displays the quartered shield of Hungary containing the ?rpád stripes, double cross, and Dalmatian leopard heads, clearly flanked by the ”1568” date and the historic ”K-B” mint mark of the Kremnica Mint. Minted during a turbulent era when Habsburg Hungary stood as a vital borderland against Ottoman expansion, these silver denárs were a primary circulating currency throughout 16th-century Central Europe.Winner shall receive the exact coin shown here. (MR/B)