See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration! or register with email

Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!

24 Mariengroschen - Alexius Frederick Christian

Issuer Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg (Anhalt-Bernburg, German States)
Year 1796
Type Log in to see details
Value Log in to see details
Currency Log in to see details
Composition Log in to see details
Weight Log in to see details
Diameter Log in to see details
Thickness Log in to see details
Shape Log in to see details
Technique Log in to see details
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s) Log in to see details
In circulation to Log in to see details
Reference(s) Log in to see details
Obverse description The heraldic bear of Anhalt, crowned, depicted in dynamic walking pose atop a crenellated castle parapet with a visible archway below, facing left. The animal is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the fur and crown. The field is smooth and unlettered, with the milled border framing the entire design. No legend appears on the obverse, leaving the bold armorial device as the sole decorative element.
Obverse script Log in to see details
Obverse lettering Log in to see details
Reverse description Central field bears the denomination in four lines reading XXIV / MARIEN / GROSCH. / FEIN SILBER, with the date 1796 and mintmaster's initials H·S· below, all within a circular legend. The surrounding legend reads ALEXIUS FRIEDRICH CHRIST FURST ZU ANHALT, separated by decorative stops. The inscription is executed in bold upright Roman capitals, and the entire design is contained within a well-defined milled border.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering Log in to see details
Edge Log in to see details
Mint Log in to see details
Mintage Log in to see details
Additional information Log in to see details

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE