Coins

Book Title: Sylloge numismatum elegantiorum : quæ diuersi impp., reges, principes, comites, respublicæ diuersas ob causas ab anno 1500, ad annum usq[ue] 1600 cudi fecerunt / concinnata & historica narratione (sed breui) illustrata opera ac studio Ioannis Iacobi Luckii, Argentoratensis.

Author: Luck, Johann Jacob, 1574?-1653

Image Title: Coins

Description: A depiction of six coins. The top left coin shows a profile of Joannes Valetta Gallus. The top right coin shows a depiction of a man killing another man with a sword. The center left coin shows a profile of Meliten, son of Joannes Valetta Gallus. The center right coin shows an aerial depiction of a castle and its surrounding walls. The bottom left coin shows a depiction of the severed head of John the Baptist. The bottom right coin shows a coat of arms with two crosses, two lions rampant, and who birds.

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