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laverdajohn Valued Member United Kingdom 175 Posts	Posted 12/15/2013 8:23 pm trying to make some sense of this but poor Google cant make head nor tails of it(sic) eagle? chosen rightfully wants every clement mayst overcome am I right in thinking that this must be Charles V Holy roman Emperor Report this Post to the Staff

amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 12/15/2013 8:32 pm I think he may be Russian? A Romanov? Here is a link that mentions it as a Jeton....it is in French. http://books.google.com/books?id=RX...lcta&f=false Edited by amida17 12/15/2013 8:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 12/15/2013 9:46 pm The reverse legend Latin is abbreviated and creatively spelled. In full, it would read Aquila Electa Juste Omnia Vincit, "the chosen eagle vanquishes all by right." This is an "initial motto," or "riddle motto," as the first letters of each word spell out A E I O U. A bit of German cleverness that's been a motto of Holy Roman Emperors since Frederick III. Which fits with the title of the Charles (CAROLVS) of the obverse legend: Romanorum Imperator, or Holy Roman Emperor. Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 12/15/2013 10:15 pm So I was reading too much into the Two headed Eagle on the reverse as a symbol of Russia? Thought maybe the jeton was referring to Charles Frederick, father of Peter III. Latin 1 in 9th grade was not enough..... I can conjugate agricola though.... Report this Post to the Staff
RogerRamjet Valued Member United States 172 Posts	Posted 12/18/2013 12:00 am The reverse looks like chickens trying to use toothpicks. Pretty tough without teeth... Report this Post to the Staff
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