Rechenpfennig with 2 figures

 

Two people with a lion / a lying lion
1580 - Dordrecht, Netherlands

LIBER REVINCIRI LEO PERNEGAT (A lion that has been set free cannot be chained again)
The Pope and Philip II stand next to an enraged lion. The king holds out an olive branch and hides a collar in his other hand.

ROSIS LEONEM LORIS MVS LIBERAT / 1580 (The mouse frees the lion)
A lion chained with a collar with the inscription INQVI (Inquisition), on the left a mouse gnawing on the collar

 

 

 

 

Three people and a lion / a man and a woman
1583 - Dordrecht, Netherlands

VBI REX IN POPVLVM TRANNVS 1583 (The king is a tyrant of the people)
The lion prevents the Spanish king Philip II and the Duke of Anjou from enslaving the people, personified by a Dutch girl

POPVLO IVRE D ET H DIVORTIVM (People have the right to divorce)
Woman returns wedding ring to man in military uniform

 

 

 

 

Two people / two soldiers
1612-1634 - Nuremberg, Germany - Matheus Laufer

DAVID IONAT MAN / SIT DOMINVS INTER ME ET TEVSQVE IN SEMPER (David and Jonathan / May the Lord be among us forever)
King David with a harp stands opposite Jonathan holding a bow

IOAB AMASA / IIBS XXI / FRIEDE MIT DIR MEIN BRVDER / MATHEVS LAVFFER (Peace be with you, my brother / Matheus Laufer)
Joab and Amasa embrace each other

 

 

 

 

Woman / two people in a field
1586 - 1635 - Nuremberg, Germany - Kilian Koch

QVOS VVLT MINERVA BEATA (What does blessed Minerva want)
Minerva with lance and Medusa shield, on the ground an owl

CONCEDAT LAVREA LINVAE (Give the laurels to the negotiations)
Two warriors facing each other

 

 

 

 

Two warriors / grass
1585-1615  - Nuremberg, Germany - Kilian Koch

CONCEDAT LAVREA LINGVAS (Give the laurels to the negotiations)
Two warriors facing each other, trophy in between

SPES ALTERA VITAE / C.K. (Hope for another life)
Bundle of ears of corn behind crossed bones

 

 

 

 

Two people holding a seedling, domestic animals nearby / coat of arms with three birds
1585-1615 - Nuremberg, Germany - Kilian Koch

GALLIA FORTIT / C K (Gallia is brave / Kilian Koch)
Two warriors hold a sapling, at their feet are a rooster and a dog

ANDRE HACC REFFIER DE LA COVRT DES MONOIES (Andre Hacc, clerk the court of mints)
Coat of arms with three birds

 

 

 

 

Two people in the mountain / coat of arms with a tree
1766 - Zellerfeld, Germany - Johann Anton Pfeffer

INDICANT ALTISSIMVM PROFVNDA (Point to the deepest)
Two miners work inside a mountain

I.A. PFEFFER. COM. M. M. Z. Z. 1766 (Iohann Anton Pfeffer, Communion-Münzmeister zu Zellerfeld)
The coat of arms of the mint master - a pepper plant in a shield

 

 

 

Head of a woman / two angels
18-19 Century - Nuremberg, Germany - Münzprägeanstalt L. Chr. Lauer

VENUS
Bust left

IOII LAUER RECHE PFENING
Two angels

 

 

 

 

Head in a helmet / two angels
18-19 century - Nuremberg, Germany - Münzprägeanstalt L. Chr. Lauer

ALEXAND: MAGN: (Alexander the Great)
Helmeted and cuirassed bust left

F.L.S.LAUER RECHE PFENING
Two angels holding each other's hands