1 Pfennig of Clemens August of Bavaria from Münster in Tirol Artist: Unknown
Mint: Münster in Tirol
Ruler: Clemens August of Bavaria, German, 1700–1761

1740

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Copper

Dimensions

4.30 g, 6:00, 23.4 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.33702

Geography

Made in Munster, Tirol, Austria

Culture

German

Period

18th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Robed St. Peter, holding two keys in r. hand and book in l. hand, standing behind Osnabrück arms, six-spoke wheel in shield which divides S-P; around ECCLES:OSNBR: - MON:CATHEDRA.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Three-line inscription with value, III, above PFENNING, and date, 1740, in baroque frame
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Bibliography
  • N. Douglas Nicol, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501–Present, 3rd (Iola, Wis.: Krause Publications, 2011), 835, KM #261 (Osnabruck)
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, pfennigs

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