1526 AD., Hungary, Louis II, Kremnica mint, Denar, EH. 673o.
Hungary. Jagiellon Coinage (1503-1526), Louis II (Lajos II in Hun.) (1516-1526), Kremnitz mint (formerly Körmöcbánya, Hungary, now Kremnica, Slovakia), moneyer Bernhard Beheim, 1526 AD.,
Denar (ø 15-16 mm / 0,59 g), silver, axis about medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 20°),
Obv: LVDOVICVS * R * VNGARI * 1526 * , four-part shield with Hungarian arms (Ãrpádian stripes, patriarchal cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lion) around a Polish eagle in central escutcheon.
Rev: PATRONA * – * VNGARIE, crowned Madonna with infant Jesus to her right, K–B (privy mark) in fields.
Huszár 841 ; Pohl 255-19 ; Unger 673o ; Rathy II 306A .
Huszár/Pohl rarity rating 3.
The type was struck 1516-1527 (per Huszár, Pohl & Unger). This privy mark was struck in Kremnitz (formerly Körmöcbánya, Hungary, now Kremnica, Slovakia) by Bernhard Beheim, who was appointed kammergraf by Queen Maria in 1524, and remained kammergraf through 1545 (per Pohl).