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Token - Percifere Urget
| Location | Austrian Netherlands |
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| Year | 1741 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts Mercury, identifiable by his winged helmet and caduceus, standing in the field and presenting the caduceus to a seated female figure representing a city goddess or personification of commerce, surrounded by mercantile goods and produce in the lower field. The curved legend above reads PERCIFERE URGET, with two small stars in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | PERFICERE URGET |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a detailed bird's-eye panoramic view of 's-Hertogenbosch (Sylva Ducis) with its waterways, barges, fortifications, church spires, and surrounding landscape. A ribbon banner at the top bears the city name SYLVA DUCIS, while a four-line Latin legend in the lower field records the commencement of a canal or road for the benefit of commerce and citizens, dated MDCCXLI. |
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