Description:
Medal minted during the outbreak of the plague.
Obverse: Twelve kneeling men flanking a cross with the Brazen Serpent, four dead bodies at the base; 1528, NVMRI 21, [Quote from Numbers 21:9 in German]
Reverse: Christ on the cross with men kneeling at the base; INRI, IOANNES 3, [Quote from the Book of John in German]

Tags:
numismatics

Subjects:
Numismatics

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