Live auction - fwo_345417 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Écu pistolet 1571 Genève

SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Écu pistolet 1571 Genève AU

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Estimate :	4 500 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	29 September 2015 18:09:10

Type : Écu pistolet

Date: 1571

Mint name / Town : Genève

Metal : gold

Diameter : 22 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 3,33 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan fortement voilé et rogné. Frappe franche laissant apparaître tous les détails

Catalogue references :

HMZ.2-293 j - F.249

Obverse

Obverse legend : GENEVA (ROSETTE) CIVITAS (ROSETTE) 1571 (ROSETTE).

Obverse description : Aigle héraldique couronné, timbré des armes de Genève.

Obverse translation : (Cité de Genève).

Reverse

Reverse legend : POST: TENEBRAS. LVX. G.

Reverse description : IHS* au centre d’un soleil.

Reverse translation : (Après les ténèbres, la lumière).

Commentary

Ce rare écu d’or dit “pistolet” est une des monnaies emblématiques de la République de Genève et de la numismatique suisse plus généralement.
This rare gold shield known as the “pistol” is one of the emblematic coins of the Republic of Geneva and of Swiss numismatics more generally.