Coin of King Maximilian II
Obverse: MAXIMILI. II. D. G. EL. RO. IM. S. AV. GER. HVN. taller
BOE. REX (42 mm)
Maximilianus II. Dei gratia electus Romanorum (28,62 g)
imperator semper augustus Germaniae, Hungariae, Bohemiae rex (silver)
Maximilian II the always glorious Roman Emperor, King
of Germany, Hungary, and Bohemia by God's grace
Reverse: ARCHI. DVX. AVS. DVX. BVRG. MARC. MORA. 1573
Archidux Austriae, dux Burgundiae, marchio Moraviae 1573
Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Marquess of Moravia
1573
Coat of arms on reverse: double-headed eagle with a quartered shield with wreath of leaves and a smaller shield on its breast. Quartered shield, field 1: Hungarian stripes; field 2: Hungarian double cross; field 3: Dalmatia; field 4: Bohemia. In the small
Text by Ferenc Soós. Photograph by Ferenc Soós and Péter Szántó.
Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Éremtára, Budapest