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2 1/2 Ducat
| Issuer | Hamburg, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1572-1582 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#54, Fr#1093 |
| Obverse description | Central field depicts the arms of Hamburg: three castellated towers above a portcullis gate, rendered in high relief within a beaded inner circle. The composition closely follows the design of the Portuguese cruzado, as explicitly referenced in the legend. A two-line circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, reading MONETA NOVA AUREA HAMBVRGENSIS / NACH PORTUGALIS SCHROT VND KORN, attesting to the coin's weight and fineness being struck according to the Portuguese standard. The overall style is characteristic of late sixteenth-century German hammered gold coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | NACH. PORTUGALIS. SCHROT VND. KORN MONETA. NOVA. AVREA. |
| Reverse description | A large Portuguese-style cross potent occupies the central field, its four arms extending nearly to the beaded inner circle and adorned with elaborate foliate and scroll ornaments in each quadrant. The cross is rendered in bold relief, following the iconographic tradition of the Portuguese cruzado from which this issue derives its weight standard. A circular Latin legend surrounds the device within a beaded border, the devotional inscription referencing salvation through the crucified Christ. The overall design is consistent with late sixteenth-century Hamburg hammered gold coinage imitating Iberian monetary types. |
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