Varga Máté: Középkori és kora újkori aranypénzek. A Kaposvári Rippl-Rónai Múzeum éremgyűjteménye 1. (Kaposvár, 2015)

The Numismatic Collection of the Rippl-Rónai Museum

1-1 golden ducat from the reign of the Habsburg’s kings, Rudolf, Ferdinand II and III can be found in the collection but there has not been any data about their circumstances of its discovery.

There are so many foreign coins - from Venice in the greatest number - in the collection. The gold coins from Venice began to appear from the 14th century in the territory of the Hungarian Kingdom but they have not been known in greater number. A case in point is the piece which was found at the Benedictine Abbey from the end of the 14th century. Venetian gold coins have not been known from the 15th century but later in the 16-17th centuries they can be found in greater number. Andreas Gritti’s golden ducat is known from the territory of the castle in Dombóvár. 5 pieces of Venetian gold coins are known from the hoard in Balatonendréd mentioned above. Stephen Bathory’s Transylvanian prince’s golden ducat minted as a Polish King came to light as a stray. The presences of the Transylvanian and Polish coins are also rare in Somogy County so this coin is a curiosity in any case. It is just as the gold coin of Florence found in Kaposvár which was minted in 1595 during the reign of Grand Duke Ferdinand I. The Archbishopric of Salzburg had own coinage and their coins can often be found in Hungary so one of them a golden ducat from the 17th century is also located in our collection. The duplex golden ducat minted by Frederick III as a king of Denmark and Norway is also so rare that probably did not get by trade relations to our country but by soldiers during the Thirty Years’ War. From the end of the 16th century coins from the cities and provincies of the Low Countries have appeared their proofs are the 6 pieces of golden ducats which are most likely to originate from the coin hoard of Tarany.

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