City of Lucerne Schilling, 1550 – 1575

Schilling from City of Lucerne. Issued from 1550 to 1575. Struck in Billon. Measures 20.5 mm and weighs 1.5 g.

Obverse

Coat of arms of Lucerne; left field hatched vertically or diagonally; right field plain. Eagle looking left above. Quadrifoil around. "L" to the left. "V" to the right. Antiqua script. (Moneta Lucernensis.
Coin of Lucerne.)

Reverse

Saint Leodegar, standing, front-facing, in regalia, holding hand drill in right hand and crosier in left hand; with or without nimbus; crosier pointing inwards or outwards. Antiqua script. (Sanctus Ludigarius.
Saint Leodegar.)

Edge

Smooth