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Rechenpfennig - Louis XIV - Ordinaire des guerres - Cunctae Frondi Praeponit Olivam ND photo
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Rechenpfennig - Louis XIV - Ordinaire des guerres - Cunctae Frondi Praeponit Olivam ND

 
Copper 4.41 g 25.2 mm
Description
Location
Free imperial city of Nuremberg (German States)
Type
Utility items › Counter tokens
Composition
Copper
Weight
4.41 g
Diameter
25.2 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#49910
Rarity index
91%

Reverse

Pallas standing facing, looking to the right; holding an olive branch in his raised left hand, his right holding a vertical spear. At his feet, on the ground, two laurel branches.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CVNCTAE . FRONDI . PRAEPONIT . OLIVAM
ORDINAIRE . DES .
GVERRES .

Translation:
She prefers the olive branch to the whole crown
Ordinary Wars

Engraver: Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer

Edge

Plain

Comment

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / MEETING OF WARS
Ordinary Wars is the administration that manages the costs and expenses incurred by the ordinary use of the armed forces. It is different from the Extraordinary Wars that took office for specific campaigns.