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Token - Henri III Melior Vigilantia Somno
Location | France |
Year | 1574-1589 |
Type | Utility token |
Composition | Brass |
Weight | 5.34 g |
Diameter | 29.2 mm |
Thickness | 1.0 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | |
Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
Edge | Plain |
Period | |
Reference(s) | |
Obverse description | Crowned arms with three fleurs-de-lis. |
Obverse lettering | ·
INITIUM · SAPIEN TIÆ · TIMOR · DNI · (Translation: FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM) |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | Lying nymph or river goddess (?) with a vase from which water flows, in front of a lion and a landscape of trees. |
Reverse lettering | MELIOR
· VIGILANTIA · SOMNO |
Reverse script | Latin |
Mint | |
Mintage | ND
(1574-1589) - -
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Catalog ID | 6623182730 |
Comments | |