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 nine coins. In the top row of coins, the left coin shows the letter M within an ornamental border, the center coin shows a pascal lamb with the year 1572, and the right coin shows a woman placing an offering of a wreath on a fire. In the second row, the left coin shows a profile of Pope Gregorius XIII and the right coin shows a depiction of an angel carrying a cross and a sword killing the unrighteous. In the third row, the left coin shows a knight standing over a vanquished enemy in front of a tent and the right coin shows a shield with three fleur-de-lis topped by a crown and flanked by two columns with the year 1572 below. In the bottom row, the left coin shows a profile of King Carolus IX and the right coin shows a depiction of two crossed branches with a crown at the top, the Ten Commandments to the right, a shield with three fleur-de-lis at the bottom, and a sword on the left.

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