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| Issuer | Bishopric of Lausanne |
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| Year | 1406-1420 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Enthroned Madonna with the Christ Child seated to the left, depicted in a frontal Gothic style within a beaded inner circle. The figures are rendered in low relief characteristic of hammered medieval coinage, with the Virgin's robes suggested by incuse lines. The episcopal legend of Bishop Guillaume de Challant of Lausanne surrounds the central device, reading + G * D * CHALL EP * LAVS in uncial characters. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
| Obverse lettering | + G * D * CHALL EP * LAVS |
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