AUSTRIA, Archduchy of Austria. Sigismund. 1446-1490. AR Halbguldiner (34mm, 15.36 g, 3h). Hall mint. Dated 1484. (rosette) SIGISMVnDVS (rosette) ΛRChIDVX (rosette) ΛVSTRIЄ (rosette), crowned, draped, and armored half-length bust right, holding scepter and sword pommel / Knight in German Gothic armor, holding banner, on caparisoned horse galloping right; 1486 below; helmet decorated with elaborate crowned crest; Habsburg coat-of-arms in exergue; coats-of-arms of Austrian provinces around. Moser & Tursky 60; Levinson IV-45a; Frey 261. Toned, a few minor marks along edge. Near VF. One of the earliest large-denomination silver coins with a full AD date in eastern Arabic numerals.
From the Lampasas Collection. Ex Todd Hansen Collection; Rye Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 90, 23 May 2012), lot 2089.