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2 Thalers
| Issuer | City of Lucerne |
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| Year | 1603 |
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| Weight | 54.76 g |
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| Obverse description | Enthroned figure of Saint Leodegar (Leodigarius), nimbate and vested in full episcopal regalia including mitre, depicted in three-quarter view facing left and seated upon a Gothic throne with tiled floor below. A soldier clad in military attire, with a sword at his side, stands to the left of the saint and applies a hand drill to gouge out the right eye of the martyr, referencing the hagiographic account of his martyrdom. The scene is rendered in a detailed late-Renaissance engraving style characteristic of early seventeenth-century Swiss coinage. The obverse legend encircles the composition, identifying the saint as patron of Lucerne, and the date 1603 is incorporated within the inscription. |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ ❀ S ❀ LEODIGARI⁹ ❀ ❀ PATR ❀ LVCERNENSIS ❀ 1603 ❀ (Translation: Sanctus Leodigarius patronus Lucernensis. Sain Ledegar, patron of Lucerne.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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