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1/2 Batzen 'Doppler' Renaissance shield, gothic script
| Issuer | City of Lucerne |
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| Year | 1502-1507 |
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| Weight | 1.6 g |
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| Obverse description | Vertically divided Renaissance shield bearing the arms of Lucerne: the dexter half hatched (representing blue), the sinister half plain (representing white). An eagle displayed faces left above the shield. The field is framed by a circular legend in Gothic lettering, with the letter 'M' rendered in Antiqua script as a distinctive stylistic feature. |
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| Reverse description | Front-facing bust of Saint Leodegar (Léger), patron saint of Lucerne, shown in episcopal regalia. The saint wears an elaborately embroidered mitre and holds his attribute, a hand drill (auger), in his right hand. The bust is rendered in a late Gothic style typical of early sixteenth-century Swiss municipal coinage, and is surrounded by a circular legend in Gothic minuscule lettering. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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