Caption

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 facing right; short hair, beard with sideburns; in the rim between borders an inscription beginning with the Hohenzollern coat of arms and divided by a hook with the letters CA IVSTVS EX FIDE - VIVIT. Date: 1597. Subject/iconography: George Frederick (Duke of Karniów; 1539–1603). Origin: Ducal Prussia (1525–1701), Königsberg. Object: coin, diameter 22.4 mm, weight 1.68 g, axis 0°. Materials/style: (coin; heraldic and portrait iconography with rosettes and eagles).

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A48_387

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29.1Mb (4.0Mb) / 10.6in x 10.6in / 3187 x 3187 (300dpi)

Keywords

Obverse Prussian eagle crowned letter S chest rim borders inscription rosette GEORG.FRID D G M Br Dvx.Prvss Reverse Male bust armour profile facing right short hair beard sideburns Hohenzollern coat arms divided hook letters CA IVSTVS EX FIDE - VIVIT Date 1597 Subject iconography George Frederick Duke Karniów 1539–1603 Origin Ducal Prussia 1525–1701 Königsberg Object coin diameter 22.4 mm weight 1.68 g axis 0° Materials style heraldic portrait iconography rosettes eagles round metal coin raised double-headed bird design center surrounded decorative border silver-gray darker gray recessed areas lighter silvery highlights raised details showing textured worn surfaces slightly irregular rim.