Austria Bohemia Pesttaler 1528 Joachimsthal

Austria, Bohemia. Pesttaler 1528, Joachimsthal. Engraved by Ulrich (Utz) Gebhart. Averse: Christ on the cross, on the sides the inscription: IOAN-NES 3, below the cross seven kneeling people on the left and six on the right, legend in a double ring. GLEIG WI DI SLANG SO MVS DES MENSEN SON ERHOET WERDN AVF/ DAS AI DI AN IN GLAVBE HABEN DAS EWIG LEBEN. Reverse: Serpent on the cross, date above. Five on the left, seven on the right kneeling people, legend in double border. DER HER SPRAC ZU MO MAC DIR EIN ERNE SLANG VND RICT SI ZUM ZEI/ GEN AVF WER GEI ISN IST VND SICT SI AN DER SOL LEBEN. Silver 29.59 g. 45 mm. Donebauer 4291 var. (One of the first coins ever minted with lettering in German).