Caption

Grosz; Gulden; Pawel (publisher). Obverse: Prussian eagle with crowned letter S on the chest; in the rim between borders an inscription beginning with a rosette GEORG.FRID:D:G:M:BR:DVX.PRVSS. Reverse: male bust in armour in profile turned to the right; short hair, beard with sideburns; in the rim between borders an inscription beginning with the Hohenzollern coat of arms and divided by an inverted ring topped with a cross with crossed hooks IVSTVS EX FIDE - VIVIT 1589, flanked by rosettes. George Frederick (Duke of Karniów; 1539–1603) — iconography; rosettes; Hohenzollern (coat of arms). Ducal Prussia (1525–1701), Königsberg. Coin: diameter 21.9 mm, weight 1.68 g, axis 0°.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A48_359

License type

Rights managed

Available size

31.8Mb (3.8Mb) / 11.1in x 11.1in / 3336 x 3336 (300dpi)

Keywords

Grosz Gulden Pawel publisher Obverse Prussian eagle crowned letter S chest rim borders inscription rosette GEORG.FRID D G M Br Dvx.Prvss Reverse male bust armour profile turned right short hair beard sideburns Hohenzollern coat arms divided inverted ring topped cross crossed hooks IVSTVS EX FIDE - VIVIT 1589 flanked rosettes George Frederick Duke Karniów 1539–1603 iconography Hohenzollern coat Ducal Prussia 1525–1701 Königsberg Coin diameter 21.9 mm weight 1.68 g axis 0° circular metallic coin raised profile bearded man facing center surrounded raised rim decorative border coin's surface textured engraving lines worn areas visible raised lettering outer edge transcribed metal silvery-gray darker shadowed grooves lighter highlights raised portions background plain white.