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Maybe A Medal Of Silver? (Id: Potential Replica Of 1744 Rothenburg Medal)

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 Posted 03/18/2019  5:29 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add manry to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello, look here this was in a rional market around my place. What you think can be this? So many thxu



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 Posted 03/19/2019  8:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tdziemia to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Lux rediit rutilae ut laetantur lumine turres ?

Looks like a German cityscape.
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It does look like a European cityscape. There are many aspects of the design that are artistically poor, such as the sun's rays not being radial or evenly spaced. I suspect this is a low quality artwork copy of a European cityscape medal. An original medal like this would probably have high silver content. It might be useful to see if a magnet sticks to this one.
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The city is Rothenburg, Germany and this is the medal (which has been driving me crazy since the moment it was posted because I was certain that I knew it)

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A bit of trivia: Hidden in the Latin inscription is a chronogram which tells the date. Take all the larger-than-normal letters (LVXDIIVILVLVLVMIV), convert each of those letters into its Roman-numeral equivalent number, and add all the numbers up, and you get 1744 - the date the medal was issued.

The Germans of this time period liked putting little puzzles like that on their coins and medals.

I would also agree that it seems to be a replica. Would need better pics of both sides to be more certain.
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Thx to helpers and this is the original photo. This medal is selling a woman in a rional market in tyrol





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