Live auction - fwo_390496 - GERMANY - FREE CITY OF NUREMBERG Jeton au module du ducat pour le bicentenaire de la confession d’Augsbourg 1730 Nuremberg

GERMANY - FREE CITY OF NUREMBERG Jeton au module du ducat pour le bicentenaire de la confession d’Augsbourg 1730 Nuremberg AU

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Estimate :	400 €
Price :	220 €
Maximum bid :	300 €
End of the sale :	28 June 2016 17:47:47
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Jeton au module du ducat pour le bicentenaire de la confession d’Augsbourg

Date: 1730

Mint name / Town : Nuremberg

Metal : gold

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,48 g.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

Erlanger2203

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann

Obverse

Obverse legend : D. MARTIN. LVTHER. PHILIPP. MELANCHTON // D.

Obverse description : Buste accolés de Martin Luther et de Philippe Melanchton à droite.

Reverse

Reverse legend : FOLGT DIESEM LICHT SO IRRT IHR NICHT // A. C. Z WEI. GED / 1.730.

Reverse description : Autel de sacrifice au centre d’un cercle rayonnant vers l’intérieur .

Reverse translation : (Suit cette lumière .

Commentary

Ce jeton de très beau style commémore le bicentenaire de la confession d’Augsbourg. Il est frappé sur un module de ducat.

Historical background

GERMANY - FREE CITY OF NUREMBERG

Nuremberg became a free city in 1219 and obtained the right to mint coins in 1376, a right confirmed in 1422. The city minted from 1390 until 1806, the year of secularization. That year, the city was attached to the Kingdom of Bavaria.

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