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Coin (Thaler) Showing August I (The Pious) of Saxony

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The coin has a circular shape with a raised edge. The coin has a darkened, aged appearance with some blue-green discoloration around the edges. The obverse features a man with curly hair wearing armor with a sword across his body. He has a helmet with a decorative plume on the right. The top of the coin has M.P.A.N.G.V.I.V.S.L. The numbers 15 and 80 are on the left and right sides of the man. The bottom edge of the coin has D.G.DVX.SAX.O.S.A. etched into it. The background is off-white.

Artwork details

Date:
dated 1580
Medium:
Silver
Culture:
German
Dimensions:
600 × 600 px
Museum record:
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