Modern coin – HCR161016

Obverse

Inscription:

DAVID CO E DO I MANSF NOB D I HEL E SCHRAPL

Design:

Armoured figure of St. George on a horse to left, slaying dragon below. Orb above the head of St George.

Reverse

Inscription:

No Legend

Design:

"BEI GOT IST RATH VND THAT" in three lines. Below that, an ornamented shield bearing the old Mansfeld arms dividing the date.

Information

Category

Silver coin of the German states.

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Mansfeld-Eigentliche-Hinterort: countship

Person

David of Mansfeld, Count of Mansfeld-Hinterort, 1578 - 1628

Reign

Dating

1610

Mint

Eisleben

Denomination

2/3 Thaler (Gulden)

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

18.01

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1913

Source

C C Lynam

Acquisition credit

Presented by C C Lynam in 1913

Acquisition note

Found in Essex Street, Oxford in 1912.

mounted

Reference

Nicol, (Krause), German Coins. : KM# 24

Note:

Possible Civil War loss? The findspot, now a suburban street, was in the 17th Century on the lower slopes of Headington Hill an area of action during both the 1645 and 1646 sieges of Oxford by Sir Thomas Fairfax.

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