Modern coin – HCR160798

Obverse

Inscription:

AUGUSTUS HERTZOG ZU BRAUN U LU

Design:

Complex arms of the duke, surmounted by five plumed helmets.

Inscription:

ALLES MIT BEDACHT ANNO 1661 H S

Design:

Wildman holding fir treetrunk with both hands in front of him.

Category

Silver coin of the German states.

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel: duchy

Person

Augustus II of Brunswick, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel., Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg., 1635 - 1666

Reign

Dating

1661

Mint

Zellerfeld

Denomination

Thaler

Metal

silver

Technique

milled

Weight (g)

28.18

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

7/9/1948

Source

Lady Stubbs

Acquisition credit

Presented by Lady Stubbs in memory of Sir R Stubbs in 1948.

Reference

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