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1700, Nuremberg (Free City). Beautiful Gold "Lamb Ducat" Coin. aXF!

Denomination: Gold "Lamb Ducat"
Reference: Friedberg 1885, KM-257.
Maker: Georg Friedrich Nurnberger (1677-1716)
Mint year: 1700 (roman date "MDCC" in legend)
Condition: Lightly deformed and straightened, otherwise about XF with some lustre in protected areas!
Diameter: 32mm
Weight: 3.44gm
Material: Gold!

Obverse: Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) with banner to left, stainding on globe and holding a vexillum inscribed "PAX" (Peace). Date (as large capitals) in legend around.
Legend: TEMPORA NOSTRA PATER DONATA PACE CORONA (MDCC = 1700)

Reverse: Ornamented oval triplex arms of Nuremberg (and the Holy Roman Empire) surmounted by a bird with olive-branch in beak. Engraver´s initials (GFN) in field below
Legend: + SECVLVM NOVVM CELEBRAT REP NORIMBERGENS .

Agnus Dei is a Latin term meaning Lamb of God, and was originally used to refer to Jesus Christ in his role of the perfect sacrificial offering that atones for the sins of humanity in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple sacrifices.

Lamb of God (Latin: Agnus Dei) is one of the titles given to Jesus in the New Testament and consequently in the Christian tradition. It refers to Jesus' role as a sacrificial lamb atoning for the sins of man in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple sacrifices in which a lamb was slain during the passover (the "Paschal Lamb", Hebrew: Korban Pesach), the blood was sprinkled on the altar, and the whole of the lamb was eaten. In the original Passover in Egypt, the blood was smeared on the door posts and lintel of each household