DUARIUS: COIN OF HUNGARY
Duarius, 1703: Kingdom of Hungary
Ruler: Leopold I (Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Franz Felician) — Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary (1655-1705), Croatia, and Bohemia.
DUARIUS.
P H: Protector Hungariae (Protector of Hungary).
Madonna (Mary, mother of Jesus) seated on a crescent with child on her left arm (another type of this coin was also minted in parallel — with Jesus in her right hand).
LEOP D G R I S A G H B REX: Leopoldus Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex (Leopold, by the grace of God Emperor of the Romans, Always August, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia).
Kremnica Mint, nowadays Slovakia (mintmark "KB").
Coat of arms of Hungary.
- Silver (billon): 15 mm - 0.74 g
- Reference price: 24$
COIN DUARIUS — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
DUARIUS as coin name.
Duarius — old Hungarian low-grade silver coin that appeared for a short time at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. It was 1/2 of the local kreuzer — krajczár.
It was first minted in 1695 during the reign of King Leopold I of Hungary. This year, two versions of the duarius were issued: with the Madonna on the reverse of the coin (this type later became the main one) and without it (a rare type, not often found and highly valued among numismatists).
Although all coins of the duarius denomination are considered silver, they do not look like it — because they are made of bilon (a silver-based alloy, in which only a small part is precious metal, and the rest is usually copper).
The name of the coin duarius relates to something doubled or paired and can be translated from Latin as "one whose two pieces make one whole" (Latin "Duo" — two): 2 duarius = 1 krajczár.
