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| Issuer | Archbishopric of Magdeburg |
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| Year | 1638 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Eleven-line Latin commemorative inscription filling the entire field, reading ANNO / M.DC.XXXIX / DIE XVIII OCTOBR / INTHRONISATIO / POSTULAT ARCHIP. / MAGDEB PRIMAE GERM / DNI AUGUSTI / DUC SAX IUL CLIV AC / MONT FIEBAT MORE / SOLENNI HALAE / SAXONUM., recording the date and place of the enthronement of Archbishop August of Saxony-Weissenfels at Halle on 18 October 1639. A small mintmaster's mark appears at the base of the inscription. The lettering is boldly engraved in a Roman capital style typical of early seventeenth-century German commemorative thalers. |
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| Obverse lettering | ANNO M.DC.XXXIX DIE XVIII OCTOBR INTHRONISATIO POSTULAT ARCHIP. MAGDEB PRIMAE GERM DNI AUGUSTI DUC SAX IUL CLIV AC MONT FIEBAT MORE SOLENNI HALAE SAXONUM. |
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| Reverse lettering | SANCTIVS MAVRITVS |
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