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4 Plapparte
| Issuer | Laufenburg, City of |
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| Year | 1623 |
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| Value | 4 Plappart (⅔) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Laufenburg — a rampant lion — set within a beaded inner circle. The shield is surmounted by a crown. The surrounding field carries the Latin mint legend with the date 1623, all struck in the characteristically irregular style of late hammered billon coinage. The flan shows typical uneven edges consistent with hand-cut planchet preparation. |
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| Obverse lettering | + MO : NO : LAVFFENBERG : 1623 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a devotional inscription in multiple concentric bands referencing Saint John the Baptist, derived from Matthew 11:11: 'Inter natos mulierum non surrexit maior Ioanne Baptista' ('Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist'). The legend is arranged in segments across the field within beaded circles, reflecting the city's patronal dedication to Saint John the Baptist. The design is characteristic of the civic piety expressed on municipal coinage of the Upper Rhine region. |
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