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Double Vierer GLOR IN EXC DEO
| Issuer | Colmar, City of |
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| Year | 1550-1600 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Crowned imperial double-headed eagle displayed in the center field, with the civic arms of Colmar (a mace) depicted below, dividing the circular Latin legend. The design is characteristic of late 16th-century Alsatian municipal coinage, struck by the hammer method on an irregularly shaped flan. The crown surmounting the eagle's heads reflects the city's status as an imperial free city within the Holy Roman Empire. The legend encircles the design and is interrupted by the eagle's wings. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold long cross with expanded terminals divides the reverse field into four quarters, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The cross arms extend to the beaded border, and the Latin devotional legend is distributed across the four quadrants of the field between the arms. The design is plain and deeply struck, typical of the simplified reverse types employed on small Alsatian hammered billon and silver issues of the later 16th century. The irregular flan edge is characteristic of hand-hammered production. |
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