Moravian Estates AV 5 Ducat (gold coin replica) 1620 AD.
Olomouc mint under mint-master Cristof Cantor.
OBV:
MONETA NOVA MARCHIO MORAVIAE, Crowned Moravian she-eagle.
R:
TE STANTE VIREBO, Pyramidal construction covered by vine bines, VNIO on the pyramid base.

One of the most beautiful and rarest Thaler coins issued at the beginning of the Thirty Years War during the uprising of the Moravian Estates against the central Habsburg power.

During 1619 – 1621 the mints in Brno and Olomouc issued great numbers of nominals of the Moravian Estates including unique medal coinage of 5, 10 and 25 Ducats from Thaler dies.

 
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