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2 Ducats - Johann Ernest Birthday
| Issuer | Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1634 |
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| Diameter | 28.50 mm |
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| Obverse description | A eagle in flight, wings displayed, soaring leftward toward a radiant sun, carrying the small ducal arms of Saxony in its beak. A two-line Latin commemorative legend arcs above and around the central device, referencing the birthday of Johann Ernst, Duke of Saxony, and invoking the motif of the eagle's renewal of youth. The composition is executed in the vigorous Baroque engraving style characteristic of early seventeenth-century German ducal coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | ✿MEM·NAT·IOH·ERN·D·SAX·IX·IVL·LXIX·AET·AN·INCR·SACR AQUILÆ SENECTA. |
| Reverse description | A rampant double-tailed lion striding leftward toward a church building rendered in the field, the beast holding an open book inscribed with a Latin motto. The date 1634 appears in the exergue. A surrounding bilingual legend in German and Latin encircles the central device, while the mint official's privy mark appears above. The overall composition reflects the emblematic, heraldic tradition of early Baroque German commemorative coinage. |
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