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Schilling Gold trial strike of ducat weight
| Issuer | City of Lucerne |
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| Year | 1639 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Displayed double-headed imperial eagle with nimbus, surmounted by an imperial crown spanning both heads. The shield of Lucerne — divided per pale, dexter azure and sinister argent — is positioned in the exergue, flanking the date. The encircling legend runs along the coin's periphery in Latin characters. The eagle is rendered in the characteristic Germanic heraldic style typical of early seventeenth-century Swiss cantonal coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | MON + LVCERNENSIS 1639 (Translation: Moneta Lucernensis. Coin of Lucerne.) |
| Reverse description | Front-facing bust of Saint Leodegar (Leodegarius), Bishop of Autun and patron saint of Lucerne, depicted with a nimbus and vested in full episcopal regalia including mitre and chasuble. He holds a hand drill (his traditional martyrdom attribute) over his right shoulder and a crosier over his left shoulder. The composition is formal and hieratic, consistent with the devotional iconographic conventions of Swiss ecclesiastical coinage of the period. The encircling Latin legend identifies the saint by name. |
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