Exergue
EXERGUE, or EXERGUM- the lowest part of a coin, divided from the rest by a horizontal line. The word signifies an outwork in relation to the type and to the legend.
Hadrian AE Sestertius. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right / S-C, SPQR in exergue, 11-column temple on five steps flanked by columns surmounted by statues. Cohen 1422v, Strack 695v, Cayon 717Av.
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Exergue
The exergue is an area of a coins design which is cut off from the main design by a line - on many traditional coin designs this is the ground line and the area beneath it often contains the date - on modern Irisah coins (1928-1969) types ...
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COMOB (Comitatus mint - the mint in the Emperor's court, OB short for "obryziacum aurum" - "fine gold")
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COMOB (Comitatus mint - the mint in the Emperor's court, OB short for "obryziacum aurum" - "fine gold")
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exergue: a section of a coin, separated by a dividing line.
expert: anyone who knows as much as possible about a numismatic subject. Expertise can be gained through study or examination of many coins.
Exergue The space at the bottom of a coin on the reverse side, sometimes separated by a line.
Flan Blank disc of metal of proper size, quality and weight to make a coin.
Exergue
On reverse, the area below pictures, often delimited with a line.
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Exergue - The area set off from the design for the date. Many times this can be delineated with a line or depressed area. (See the buffalo nickel.) ...
Exergue - The lower section of a coin or medal, usually divided from the field by a line and often containing the date, mintmark or engraver's initials.
Exonumia - Tokens, medals and other non-monetary coin-like objects.
exergue: (Pronounced "EXsurge") Area on a coin generally below the main design area, often site of date.
exergue
A feature at the lower part of a coin, usually set off by a horizontal bar that displays the date or denomination.
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Exergue
('outside the main work') This describes a segment of a coin separated from the rest by a line. On Roman republican coins, words or figures 'in exergue' are generally at the bottom of the reverse type.
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exergue - an area separate from the main design of a coin, usually defined by a line.
felix - fortunate, an epithet frequently used for the Roman emperor, often paired with the epithet pius (q.v.) and on coins abbreviated PF.
Exergue
This is a portion of the coin design separated by a line that usually indicates the ground in the design. This is where a legend is placed.
Exergue
A small area usually delineated by a line at the base of the reverse side of a coin below the design. The area was often used in Roman coinage for Latin inscriptions.
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exergue - The area of a coin that is beneath the coins main design. Typically bearing the date and often separated by a line or transition in the design.
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Exergue - The area of the coin usually below the main design on the reverse separated by a line and usually containing the date. A good example would be a Pre-decimal British penny. Shown in Illustration 1, top of page.
EXERGUE
The portion of the coin below the device. Often one or two lines divide the exergue from the rest of the coin. Usually the exergue contains the date.
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Exergue - That part of a coin's design which is separated by a line below the base.
Exergue The area below the ground line on the reverse of a coin is termed 'exergue' It was the common location for mintmarks or some special legend not part of the encircling legend.
Exergue - That portion of a coin beneath the main design, usually divided from the field by a line and often containing the date, mintmark or engraver's initial(s).
Exonumia - Tokens, medals and other non-monetary coin-like objects.
Exergue
the small space on the reverse of a coin below the principle device. Commonly abbreviated as ex.
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Exergue - The lower portion of a coin below a base line that contains date, mint mark, etc.
Exergue
portion of a coin beneath the main design typically bearing a date or denomination.
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Exergue - That portion of a coin beneath the main design generally separated by an exergual line.
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Exergue
The lower portion of a coin, separating from the rest of the coin by a line, frequently bearing the date, mintmark, and designer's initials.
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The exergue is quite interesting - in hand it is quite clearly SMNA with C over A. The C is higher than the other letters, explained by the recut of just that letter in the die. The top serif and bottom two serifs are all visible of the undertype.
Légende : À l'exergue.
Légende Grecque : [MASSALI]HT[WN].
Description : Taureau chargeant à droite ; victoire à droite au-dessus du taureau.
exergue: a space on the reverse of a coin or medal below the central design, often containing the date, mint, or other information
face value: The nominal value of a coin
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On another we see the figure of Britannia seated on a globe, (No 2) and beneath a portico, with the legend Britannia, the date in the exergue 1713- this likewise is very rare.
P in exergue, Trier mint, RIC 537. Near centered on slightly ragged flan, full legend, nice portrait and rev., even brown patina, an attractive example, Very Fine....$50 SOLD Photo RC1317B. Constantine I, AD307-337, AE3. Emperor head rt.
The obverse of the Roman Head cent displays a bust right portrait in the style of the Roman Emperors with the legend "WASHINGTON PRESIDENT" around the rim and the date "1792" in exergue.
Reverse: Portrait of Queen Mother in front of people waving flags, signature Elizabeth R in exergue; outer legend: QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER, inner legend: 1900-2000 FIVE POUNDS. 2001: Queen Victoria death centenary.
This form of mint mark, appearing in the exergues of late Roman and Byzantine solidi and fractional gold denominations, had its origins in the second half of the 4th century.
Type: Head of Saturn right, S behind/prow right, ROMA in exergue, S above. ("S" for semis.)
First/Left) AE17-15, 2.19 grams. 7:30. S behind head and (tilted) above prow. Part of "ROMA" below prow.
Second) AE15-14. 1.60 grams. 6:00.
The legend reads HORATIO GATES DUCI STRENUO (Horatio Gates, the valiant Commander.) In the exergue appears COMITIA AMERICANA. Just above the exergual line at right is N. Gatteaux, the mark of the die cutter.
The Heaton Mint was used in 1912, 1918 and 1919, although the H is much smaller than for the Bun pennies, and is situated in the left corner of the exergue.
With the monetary reforms of Aurelian and Diocletian came changes in the mint markings [or at least the notation in the exergue - the area at the bottom reverse of the coin]. Roman numerals appeared, the meaning of which is still debated.
AITWLWN Kalydonian boar; in exergue, spear-head. " ½ Stater.
It seems absolutely certain that the first of the Aetolian gold staters, which is of much more elegant and refined workmanship than the rest, was, like those of Pyrrhus, designed, ...
This is the exergue, a term which originates in Greek ex and ergon, literally "outwork" or an accessory to the main work. This refers to the portion of the type beneath the ground line, which is often explicitly rendered and always implicit.
The lower portion of the area of a coin beneath the design and separated from the rest of the field by a horizontal line is called the exergue. A good example of this is the Buffalo 5c.
The mint mark proper is always found at the bottom of the reverse in the area known as the exergue. It may be preceded by a letter or two, and often followed by a letter indicating what officina (workshop) the coin was minted in.
Some of the pennies struck in 1912 have a small H in the exergue, whilst some dated 1918 and 1919 have a small H or HN on them; this denotes that they were struck by either Messrs Heaton & Co., or the Kings Norton Copper Company.
SUB-TYPE TWO - "FIVE CENTS" IN EXERGUE (1913-1938)
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The date is shown in the exergue. The legend reads "HAC NITIMVR HANC TVEMVR". This loosely translates to "We Protect (or Defend) the one and are supported (or protected) by the other".
The date occupied the exergue. This reverse caused no comment, but the obverse did. Wilkinson's portrait quite strongly (and quite deliberately) mirrored regal practice, and it was therefore lampooned in the London Magazine of December 1787.
VERMONT, CENT 1788, RR-20, Bressett KB 10-L, Breen 719; Obv. Standard Head, Pellet Stops, Single exergue Line, Rev. Short seated figure, "RARE" re Breen, Good, scrape at 11K on rev. Lt. porosity. PRICE ON REQUEST ...
..... Click the link for more information. placing a wreath upon a trophy with the inscription "ROMA" in exergue.
The coin originally weighed about 3.4 grams For other meanings of gram, see gram (disambiguation).
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: [VÎ CAB MOÎ"Ð"CTOV NIKOÎ O]ΛEITΩN
Î POC ICTPON in exergue.
Tetrastyle temple with Homonoia within, holding patera and cornucopia. Dot in center of pediment.
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Roman Empire, Trajan, AD98-117, AV Gold Aureus (7.16 gm) Rome Mint Obverse: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Bust Laureate, draped and cuirassed right. Reverse: FORT RED in exergue, SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI around, ...
The obverse features a slow quadriga driven to the right by a male charioteer in a long chiton, with Nike flying setting a laurel wreath on the horses' heads. In the exergue there is a lion running to the right.
28572 Theodosius I. 379-395. AE15 (.99) of Cyzicus . Bust right 4 line legend, SM (K?) in exergue. Prob Cyzicus but uncertain. RIC-9, 21c, LRBC-2557. Nice VF. $35 ...
- an artist who creates a coin's design as a model or sculpture. In earlier days the engraver would actually cut out the design onto the die. The engraver may not necessarily be the designer or artist who conceptualized the coin. exergue ...
Obverse: Motto VICTORIA D.G. BRITT. REG. F.D. (Victoria by the Grace of G-d, Queen of Britain, Defender of the Faith) and Queen Victoria's Jubilee head used on the crown from 1887-1892.
Reverse: St. George slaying a dragon, and in exergue, the date.
increased demand for coinage and the Australian mints could not handle the workload. In 1942, 1943 and 1944 a substantial portion of the florins issued were struck at the U.S. Mint in San Francisco. These florins carry an "S" mintmark in the exergue ...
for creating dies with specific designs error - Any unintentional deviation in the minting process resulting in one or more coins with different characteristics than intended - A coin produced by such an unintentional deviation exergue The ...
The reverse shows a bull advancing right, with the legend SECURITAS REPUB, meaning "the security of the republic" rather than "it's safer back in the pub", with ANT G (gamma) in the exergue, ...
The reverse depicts an eagle flying left with the denomination HALF DISME in two lines, with a five pointed star in the exergue below. The legend UNI. STATES OF AMERICA frames the eagle.
 See also: Revers, Reverse, Legend, Coin, Bust
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