6 Mariengroschen - Ernest August
© Michael Sander
Features
| Issuer |
Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Prince |
Ernest Augustus (Ernst August) (1679-1698)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1693-1698 |
| Value | 6 Mariengroschen (⅙) |
| Currency | Thaler |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 3.3 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 348772 |
| References | KM# 375 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
Wild man with tree and value to the right, surrounded by legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ✶ ERN · AUG · D . G · D · BR · & L · S · R · I · ELECT · EP · O .
Unabridged legend: Ernestus Augustus, Dei Gratia, Dux Brunsvicensis et Luneburgensis, Sacri Romani Imperii Elector, Episcopus Osnabrugensis.
Translation: Ernest Augustus by the grace of God, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, Bishop of Osnabrück.
Reverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
🏵 SOLA BONA QUAE HONESTA . 1697 .
VI
MARIEN
GROSCH
🏵 🟌 🏵
Translation: Only that which is honourable is good.
Comments
Some years have different lettering. 1693 for example:
Obverse lettering
ERN AUG D G D BR & L S R I ELECT E O
Reverse lettering
VI
MARIE:
GROS:
SOLA BONA QUAE HONESTA
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Numista Rarity index: 92
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