Counter Token - Festina Lente ND

Reverse

Hercules and the cretan bull.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ASSIDVITATE ET TOLERANTIA

Engraver: Wolf Lauffer

Comment

The motto "Festina lente" was that of the roman emperor Augustus (-63, +14), of many others and more recently of a brand of watches created in Switzerland in 1902 and moved to Barcelona during the second world war. It gave its name to the brand "Festina".