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Country: Nürnberg (Germany)
Type: Rechenpfennig / Token
Date: Undated (1600')
Currency: Counter tokens
Grade: VG
Composition: Brass
Weight: 2.3 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Mint: Nürnberg, Germany
Shape: round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
References: -
Obverse:
Saint Laurence standing facing, his head haloed, holding in his left hand the grill on which he was tortured and burned. His name in Latin around.
Lettering:
SANCTUS LAURENTIUS
Reverse:
Jesus on the cross, with a female figure on either side. Legend around and in the exergue.
CONSUM A TUMEST
JETON
Edge:
Smooth.
Comments:
Saint Lawrence or Laurence (Latin: Laurentius, lit. "laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman Emperor Valerian ordered in 258. Lawrence encountered the future Pope Sixtus II, who was of Greek origin and one of the most famous and highly esteemed teachers, in Caesaraugusta (today Zaragoza). Eventually, both left Spain for Rome. When Sixtus became the Pope in 257, he ordained Lawrence as a deacon, and though Lawrence was still young appointed him first among the seven deacons who served in the cathedral church.
Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumi...
Collection : Exonumia