Token - Henri III Melior Vigilantia Somno
© Alexandr Prokofyev
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Henry III (Henri III) (1574-1589)
|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Years | 1574-1589 |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 5.34 g |
| Diameter | 29.2 mm |
| Thickness | 1.0 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Number | N# 223934 |
Obverse
Crowned arms with three fleurs-de-lis.
Script: Latin
Lettering: · INITIUM · SAPIEN TIÆ · TIMOR · DNI ·
Translation: FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM
Reverse
Lying nymph or river goddess (?) with a vase from which water flows, in front of a lion and a landscape of trees.
Script: Latin
Lettering: MELIOR · VIGILANTIA · SOMNO
Edge
Plain
Comments
This token is unusually heavy, common mass of Henri III tokens is about 3.2-3.8 g.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1574-1589) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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