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1 Thaler - August II Death of Clara Maria
| Issuer | Brunswick-Hitzacker, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1623 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Seven-line Latin funerary inscription in the field, reading AUGUSTUS IUNIOR / D.G.DUX BR.ET.LUNAE / CLARAE MARIAE POMERAN. / CONIUGIS SUAVISSIMAE / MEMORIAE / CUM LACHRYMIS F.F. / 14 APRIL MDCXXIII, recording the death of Clara Maria of Pomerania, beloved consort of Duke August II. The inscription is set within a plain field and framed above and below by ornamental baroque scrollwork cartouches rendered in relief. The coin is enclosed by a finely beaded inner border and a milled outer rim, consistent with early seventeenth-century north German memorial coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | AUGUSTUS IUNIOR D.G.DUX BR.ET.LUNAE CLARAE MARIAE POMERAN. CONIUGIS SUAVISSIMAE MEMORIAE CUM LACHRYMIS F.F. 14 APRIL MDCXXIII |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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