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Vierer 'Spägurli'
| Issuer | City of Lucerne |
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| Year | 1561 |
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| Reference(s) | HMZ 1#54, HMZ 2#626a, Haas L#631 |
| Obverse description | Eagle displayed, facing left, enclosed within a beaded or linear inner circle. Below the eagle, the arms of the City of Lucerne are shown on a square shield, divided per pale, with the left half hatched (representing blue) and the right half plain (representing white). The circumferential legend reads MONETA LVCERN, separated by a cross pattée, all within an outer border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A floriated or budded cross with four arms terminating in trefoil or blooming bud motifs, centrally placed and strongly struck, enclosed within a beaded or linear inner circle. The design is characteristic of late medieval Swiss billon coinage of this denomination. The circumferential legend reading SANCT⁹ + LVDIGARI⁹, invoking Saint Leodegar, the patron saint of Lucerne, appears between the inner and outer borders, separated by a cross. |
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