Saint Leodegar facing left, sitting on a gothic throne, nimbate, wearing mitre and regalia. A soldier to the left, wearing sword, gouging the right eye of the saint with a drill. Tiled floor below.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
1557 ✥
S ✥ LEODIGARI⁹ ✥ PATR` ✥ LVCERNE` (Translation: Sanctus Leodigarius Patronus Lucernae. Saint Leodegar, patron of Lucerne.)
Reverse description
Crowned coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire depicting double headed eagle. Coat of arms of Lucerne below; left half hatched; right half plain. Two lions supporting the two coats of arms. Coats of arms of the 15 bailiwicks on square shields around; clockwise: Rothenburg, Entlebuch, Sempach, Triengen, Malters, Kriens, Merenschwand, Ebikon, Weggis, Horw, Habsburg, Münster, Sursee, Ruswil, and Willisau.
