HUNGARY AD1565-1576 DENAR Madonna & Child

Madonna & Child

Hapsburg, Hungary, 1458-1612

The imagery of Madonna and child was very important to the people of Hungary and was present on their coinage for centuries. In the 1500s, Ferdinand I of Austria inherited the Hungarian throne and began to Gradually change Hungary's Coinage to match that of Austria. However, Ferdinand Knew that Certain Symbols such as the Hungarian arms and the Madonna With Child, Couldn't be removed from the coins without a rebellion by the people of Hungary. Madonna, locally Known as Boldogasszony, was the patron saint of Hungary