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5 Ducats Wild man
| Issuer | City of Lucerne |
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| Year | 1695 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA + NOVA+ LVCERNENSIS + 1695 + (Translation: Moneta nova Lucernensis. New coin of Lucerne.) |
| Reverse description | Saint Leodegar (Leodegarius), patron saint and first bishop of Lucerne, is depicted enthroned and facing front, his head nimbed and crowned with a mitre. He is vested in episcopal robes with an ornate mantle and bears a crosier in his right hand; in his left hand he holds an auger or hand drill, his iconographic attribute alluding to his martyrdom, while a book is tucked beneath his left arm. The surrounding legend in Roman capitals identifies him by name and title, separated by a cross stop. |
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Lucerne issued multiple-ducat gold pieces in the late seventeenth century largely as prestige objects — gifts for foreign dignitaries, payments to mercenary commanders, and objects of civic self-promotion rather than circulating currency. The 1695 date places this squarely within a period when Swiss city-states were competing with one another in the elaborateness of their presentation coinage, and Lucerne's output from this decade is notably small in surviving numbers.
The Wielandt reference remains the authoritative catalog for Lucerne cantonal coinage, and the 137a designation distinguishes this from closely related die pairings documented under the same base number.