Modern coin – HCR160874

Obverse

Inscription:

MO NO CIVI MAGDEBVRGENSIS

Design:

City gate with twin towers with a female figure holding a wreath above.

Reverse

Inscription:

FERDINAN II D G RO I S A 16 Z(2)3

Design:

Crowned double headed eagle, with an imperial orb containing the value in arabic figures superimposed.

Information

Category

Silver coin of the German states.

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Magdeburg: city

Person

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria (1619-1637), King in Germany, of Hungary and Croatia from 1618, of Bohemia from 1617., 1619 - 1637

Reign

Dating

1623

Mint

Magdeburg

Denomination

6 Groschen (Ort - 1/4 Thaler)

Metal

silver

Technique

milled

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

7.19

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

unknown provenance

Acquisition collection reference

1833 MS Cat.

Acquisition date

1833

Source

"Ashmolean"

Acquisition credit

Acquired by 1833.

Acquisition note

CSG: terminus ante quem 1833-1834; further provenance research possible and desirable to establish means of acquisition; add 1833 reference to References

Reference

Nicol, (Krause), German Coins. : KM# 250

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