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Definition of Exergue
1. n. The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter.
Definition of Exergue
1. Noun. (numismatics) A space beneath the main design on a coin for the insertion of the date. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exergue
1. a space on a coin [n -S] : EXERGUAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exergue
Literary usage of Exergue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"PS Since writing the above, I have received a second communication from my friend,
who says : — “ A coin like this must have an exergue, whether there is ..."
2. A Descriptive Catalogue of Rare and Unedited Roman Coins: From the Earliest by John Yonge Akerman (1834)
"In the exergue, SMS. (Tanini). Valued by Mionnet at fifty francs. ... AVGG.
An elephant, mounted by its driver. In the exergue, A. 2. ..."
3. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... who wifh riot tp be thought ignorant, imagined exergue to be the REVERSE, or
CONTRARY, or, as we fay, the wrong fide of a medal or coin. ..."
4. The Numismatic Circularby Spink & Son by Spink & Son (1908)
"R. — Similar to the reverse of Type 3, except that Britannia has a sandal on her
right foot, and 1879 is in the exergue. О — Siu.ilar to th;- obverse of ..."
5. Illustrations of Roman London by Charles Roach Smith (1859)
"LAETITIA AVG. In field, s. A. or a. P.; in exergue, ML or c. A female figure,
standing (2). The same legend. A galley; in exergue, Q. c. or QL (3). ..."
6. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1868)
"(Romx); in the exergue (JO.M. [OB]. (P1. VI., No. 9.) Medallion; has a ring. ...
In the field LD.; in the exergue CO.M.OB. (Cohen, Med. Imp., No. 3.) 881. ..."
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