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Medal of Merit of 8 Ducats - Basel
| Location | City of Basel |
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| Year | 1770 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Obverse description | Seated allegorical figure of Basilia, the city goddess wearing a mural crown, holding a palm frond in her right hand and a staff topped with a Phrygian cap in her left, with the Basel shield beside her and a cornucopia at her feet. The legend BASILIA arcs above in the field, with the engraver's signature HANDM. along the baseline and the date MDCCLXX in the exergue. |
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| Reverse description | Two standing allegorical figures face one another and extend their hands in a handshake: on the left, Minerva wearing a plumed helmet and flowing robes, with her round shield and an owl at her feet; on the right, Mercury wearing a petasos and talaria, holding a caduceus. The arc legend FELICITAS CIVIVM appears above in the field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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