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2 Ducats Siege coinage
| Issuer | Braunau, City under siege of |
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| Year | 1743 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned Saxon coat of arms — a quartered oval shield with diagonal barry pattern — set within a wreath of palm fronds. The date 1743 appears flanking the crown above the shield. A continuous legend runs along all eight sides of the octagonal flan, reading: L. AVXILIVM E. BRAV NAV. Z. ANOBIS. S. IM (9. MAY) VF. The inscription references the siege of Braunau am Inn and implores divine assistance. The edge of the flan exhibits a fine milled border characteristic of emergency klippenmünze coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this octagonal siege piece is not separately described in available numismatic references for this issue; it is possible that both faces share closely related designs or that the coin is uniface in its principal device. The flan retains the characteristic irregular surfaces associated with hastily produced wartime emergency coinage struck at Braunau am Inn during the Austrian War of Succession in 1743. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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