Ferenc Gábor Soltész – Csaba Tóth – Géza Pálffy

CORONATIO HUNGARICA IN NUMMISMedals and Jetons

from Hungarian Royal Coronations (1508–1916)

The volume was prepared with the support of the ‘Lendület’ Holy Crown of Hungary Research Project

at the Institute of History in the Research Centre for the Humanities at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest

Ferenc Gábor Soltész – Csaba Tóth – Géza Pálffy

CORONATIO HUNGARICA IN NUMMIS

Medals and Jetons

from Hungarian Royal Coronations (1508–1916)

Hungarian Academy of Sciences Research Centre for the Humanities

Institute of History

Hungarian National Museum

Budapest, 2019

Edited byKrisztina Bertók

Translated byLara Strong

Ferenc Gábor Soltész Bálint TóthCsaba Tóth

ProofreadingBéla Torkos

Picture editorMátyás Gödölle

Design byauri grafika

Picture credits

Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, BudapestBayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich

Budapesti Történeti Múzeum, BudapestDéri Múzeum, Debrecen

Esterházy Privatstiftung, EisenstadtGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Honvédelmi Minisztérium, Hadtörténeti Múzeum és Intézet, BudapestKunsthistorisches Museum, ViennaMacho & Chlapovič a. s., Bratislava

Magyar Érmeforgalmazó Kft., BudapestMagyar Nemzeti Bank, BudapestMagyar Pénzverő ZRt., Budapest

Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltár, BudapestMóra Ferenc Múzeum, Szeged

Muzeul Național de Istorie a Transilvaniei, Cluj-NapocaMúzeum mesta Bratislavy, BratislavaNudelman Numizmatika, Budapest

Pannonia Terra Numizmatika, BudapestSlovenské národné múzeum-Historické múzeum, Bratislava

Soproni Múzeum, SopronStaatliche Münzsammlung München, Munich

Szépművészeti Múzeum – Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, BudapestVárosi Levéltár és Kutatóintézet, Székesfehérvár

Photos of coinsCsaba Gedai

With the exception of the photos below

Ágnes Bakos – Bence Tihanyi (Nos. 62, 199, 204, 282, 304, 348, 354–356)Zoltán Bolodár (No. 68)

Erika Czikkely-Nagy (Nos. 216, 232–234)Nicolai Kästner (Nos. 15, 79)

Tihamér Lukács (No. 41)Andrej Macho (Nos. 200, 218, 221)

Sergiu Odenie (No. 136)Ferenc Gábor Soltész (Nos. 155, 373, 374, 383, 384)

Péter Szikits (No. 121)Róbert Ujszászi (No. 326)

Other illustrationsErika Czikkely-Nagy

András DabasiJudit Kardos

Monika Runge

ISBN 978-963-416-166-0All rights reserved, including reproduction, public presentation, the rights of radio and television broadcasting and translations,

as well as the individual chapters.

© Ferenc Gábor Soltész, Csaba Tóth, Géza Pálffy© Institute of History in the Research Centre for the Humanities at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

© Hungarian National Museum

Contents

Preface 9

Acknowledgements 9

Géza Pálffy: Old Traditions – New Challenges Royal Coronations in Modern Hungary (1526–1916) 11

Ferenc Gábor Soltész – Csaba Tóth: Medals and Jetons from Hungarian Royal Coronations 35

Catalogue of Hungarian Coronation Medals and Jetons 49

The Organization of the Catalogue 50

Louis II 53

The Coronation (54) z The Medals (55)

Coronation medals 57

Imitation (59) z Restitution types (60) z Modern copies (61)

Maximilian I 63

The Coronation (64) z The Medals (65)

Coronation medals 66

Modern copy (69)

Rudolf 71

The Coronation (72) z The Medals (73)

Coronation jetons 74

Matthias II 77

The Coronation (78) z The Medals (79)

Coronation jetons 80

Coronation commemorative medals 84

Dated (84) z Undated (86) z Modern copy (87)

Ferdinand II 89

The Coronation (90) z The Medals (91)

Coronation medals and jetons 92

Offering medals (92) z Jetons (93)

Coronation commemorative medals 96

Dated (96) z Undated (97)

Ferdinand III 99

The Coronation (100) z The Medals (101)

Coronation jetons 102

Coronation commemorative medals 107

Dated (107) z Undated (108) z Modern copy (110)

Ferdinand IV 113

The Coronation (114) z The Medals (115)

Coronation medals and jetons 115

Offering medal (115) z Jetons (116)

Eleonore Magdalene Gonzaga 123

The Coronation (124) z The Medals (125)

Coronation medal 125

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Leopold I 127

The Coronation (128) z The Medals (129)

Coronation jetons 130

Coronation commemorative medal 132

Eleonore Magdalene Theresa of Pflaz-Neuburg 135

The Coronation (136) z The Medals (137)

Coronation medal 137

Joseph I 139

The Coronation (140) z The Medals (141)

Coronation medal and jetons 144

Offering medal (144) z Jetons (144)

Coronation commemorative medals 145

Dated (145) z Undated (168) z Medals (168) z Jetons (170) z Devotional medals (173) z Wooden draughtsmen (174) z

Modern copy (175)

Charles III 177

The Coronation (178) z The Medals (179)

Coronation medal and jetons 183

Offering medal (183) zJetons (183)

Coronation commemorative medals 186

Dated (186) z Undated (192) z Coronation commemorative medals – description based reconstruction (194) z Modern copy (195)

Elisabeth Christine 197

The Coronation (198) z The Medals (199)

Coronation medal 200

Coronation commemorative medals 201

Dated (201) z With portrait of Elisabeth Christina (201) z With portrait of Charles III (203) z Reserve restrike (205) zUndated (205)

Maria Theresa 207

The Coronation (208) z The Medals (209)

Coronation medals and jetons 210

Offering medal (210) z Jetons (211) z Pattern of offering medal (213)

Coronation commemorative medals 214

Modern copies (219)

Leopold II 221

The Coronation (222) z The Medals (223)

Coronation medal and jetons 225

Pattern of offering medal (225) z Pattern of jetons (225) z Offering medal (226) z Jetons (227)

Coronation commemorative medals 228

Modern copy (231)

Francis I 233

The Coronation (234) z The Medals (235)

Coronation medal and jetons 236

Offering medal (236) z Jetons (236)

Maria Theresa Caroline 239

The Coronation (239) z The Medals (241)

7Contents

Coronation medal and jetons 242

Offering medal (242) z Jetons (242)

Maria Ludovika 245

The Coronation (245) z The Medals (247)

Coronation medal and jetons 248

Offering medal (248) z Jetons (249)

Caroline Augusta 251

The Coronation (251) z The Medals (253)

Coronation medal and jetons 254

Offering medal (254) z Jetons (255)

Ferdinand V 259

The Coronation (259) z The Medals (261)

Coronation medals and jetons 262

Offering medals (262) z Jetons (263)

Coronation commemorative medals 265

Devotional commemorative medals (266) z Modern copy (267)

Francis Joseph 269

The Coronation (269) z The Medals (271)

Coronation medals and jetons 273

Offering medals (273) z Jetons (274)

Coronation commemorative medals 276

Francis Joseph and Elisabeth (288) z Modern copies (295)

Elisabeth Amalia Eugenia 299

The Coronation (300)

Coronation medals and jetons 301

Offering medals (301) z Jetons (302)

Coronation commemorative medal 304

Modern copy (304)

Charles IV 307

The Coronation (308) z The Medals (309)

Coronation commemorative medals 310

Dated (310) z Undated (319) z Charles IV and Zita (320) z Charles IV, Zita and Otto (324) z Archduke Otto (326) z Plaster plans (328) z Modern copies (330) z Modern commemorative medal (331)

Zita 333

The Coronation (334)

Coronation commemorative medals 335

Plaster plans (337)

Appendix 339

Legends of Coronation Medals 340

The Weight of the Medals of the Catalogue 353

Legends of Medals and Jetons 386

Index of Medals 390

Illustrations 392

List of Literature and Abbreviations 395

List of Abbreviations (395) z Literature (396) z Auction houses, numismatic firms, lists of medals (405)