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1/4 Thaler
| Issuer | Lüneburg, City of |
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| Year | 1547-1549 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts the fortified city gate of Lüneburg, rendered in a detailed late-medieval heraldic style, showing a towered gatehouse with crenellated battlements flanked by two smaller turrets, all set upon a coursed masonry base with a lion passant visible at the base of the central tower. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner border. The circular legend reading MONETA*NOVA*CIVITA*LVNEBVR (New Coin of the City of Lüneburg) runs along the outer rim, separated from the central device by the beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features the crescent moon of Lüneburg — the city's principal heraldic charge — depicted as a waxing crescent with a facing human visage rendered in fine relief, set within multiple concentric ring borders that create a sense of depth. The date 1547 is incorporated into the circular legend surrounding the central device. The legend VISITAVI*NOS*ORIE*EX*ALT* (an abbreviation of the Biblical phrase 'Visitavit nos oriens ex alto', Luke 1:78, 'the rising sun has visited us from on high') runs along the outer rim, punctuated by star stops. |
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