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Münzmeisterpfennig Fortuna Variabilis Johann Wilhelm Schlemm
Location | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover
(German States) |
Year | 1758-1776 |
Type | Utility items/Counter token |
Composition | Copper |
Weight | 4.90 g |
Diameter | 26.6 mm |
Thickness | 1.2 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Edge | Plain |
Period | |
Reference(s) | Neum#31819 |
Obverse description | Helmeted and togate figure of Fortuna standing facing left, holding cornucopia full of Brunswick Horse ducats and scales. |
Obverse lettering | OMNIA CUM PONDERE NUMERO & MENSURA
I. VV. S. (Translation: All by weight, number and measure.) |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | Fortuna seated on wheel, holding sail; dies to right, playing cards to left. |
Reverse lettering | FORTUNA
VARIABILIS (Translation: Fortune is variable.) |
Reverse script | |
Mint | Clausthal, modern-day Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany |
Mintage | ND
(1758-1776) - -
|
Catalog ID | 3565341310 |
Comments | |