1 Ducat Siege coinage; Klippe

Features

Issuer	City of Vienna (Austrian States)
Type	Emergency coinage › Siege coins
Year	1529
Value	1 Ducat (3.5)
Currency	Thaler (1520-1754)
Composition	Gold
Weight	3.5 g
Size	18 mm
Shape	Square (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 111468
References	Markl# 276-286 Moriz Markl; 1896. Die münzen, medaillen und Prägungen mit Namen und Titel Ferdinand I.. Verlag der Verfasser Prag Haase, Prague, Czech Republic (2 volumes). , Fr# 22 Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes).

Obverse

Head right dividing the date above the legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
15Z9
TVRK BLE
GERT WI
EN

Unabridged legend: Türkische Belagerung von Wien

Translation: Ottoman siege of Vienna.

Reverse

4 shields around a St Andrew's cross, Austria, Castilla, Hungary, Bohemia.

Mint

Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich), Vienna, Austria (1194-date)

Comments

Minted during the first siege of Vienna by the Ottomans in September-October 1529 under Soleiman.
Several variants of legend are documented by Markl.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1529												15Z9

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