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1/4 Thaler - August Death
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1666 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#475, Welter#841 |
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| Obverse lettering | NATUS AO 1579 10 APR REXIT DUCATET COMITAT SUOS ANNOS XXXI OBIIT 17 SEPT AO MDCLXVI VIXIT ANNOS LXXXVII MENSES V DIES VII DEI GRATIA AUGUSTUS DUX BRUNOVICENSIUM ET LUNAEBURGENS |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a large, leafless deciduous tree rendered in fine detail at the center of the field, its bare branches spread widely against a plain background, symbolizing mortality and the transience of earthly glory. At the base of the tree lies a human skull, reinforcing the memento mori theme characteristic of seventeenth-century German commemorative coinage. The word NUNC (meaning 'now') appears prominently among the upper branches, contrasting the tree's former verdant state with its present barrenness. A circular peripheral legend in Latin surrounds the design, divided between the inner and outer registers, reading: QUAE LAETA FRONDE VIREBAM RIGUI / NUNC SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI OMNIA NON NISI PROVIDO ET VEGETO CONSILIO. Three small stars serve as punctuation marks within the legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | QUAE LAETA FRONDE VIREBAM RIGUI / NUNC SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI OMNIA NON NISI PROVIDO ET VEGETO CONSILIO |
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