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Virtutis Comes Gloria

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Basel, Switzerland, 1642. M&H 39, Leu 1122. Silver. Diameter 57.1mm, 5.5 grams. Obverse: VIRTUTIS COMES GLORIA (Fame is a companion of virtue), around a scene of a full length figure of a boy facing left, who is reading an open book, being crowned with a laurel wreath by an arm reaching down from the clouds above.. Reverse: MAG BAS IVVENTUTI STUD BRABEION DD MDCXLII (Basel student prize 1642) in 5 lines, implying that it was a prize in a contest or examination

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