Resistit paucis orbuitur pluribus

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Hi,
it's another coin and i don't find the translation. My latin is really so far....


Thanks a lot for your help.
Chticli
 
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    • In response to Quiviscumque (#3):

    is this translation suitable?
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    Whyever not? It might of course be a dynastic motto anyway (I have no idea what coin this is, nor where or when it was minted). British coinage bearing the image of the monarch still retains the legend F[idei] D[efensor], an honorific title conferred on Henry VIII in 1521 by Pope Leo X (when Henry was still loyal to the papacy) for his composition of a tract against Protestant reformism, and transmitted to his descendants and successors ever since, despite the anachronism.

    And - with respect - I don't think either "it halts" (for resistit) or "it is buried" (for obruitur) really convey the Latin sense.
     
    This coin is from the mid 1600's. Here is a picture:
    http://www.sprezzatura.it/Arte/jeton_bouclier2.jpg
    The other side of the coin has 'Comitia Burgundiae', and a French journal* identifies Burgundy as the subject of the slogan.
    [Burgundy] stood up against a few; it has fallen to many.
    (I know too little of French history to explain the circumstances.)

    There is a disc shape on the coin that the coin books identify as a shield threatened by arrows.
    However, there are quite a few internet sites that identify the image as a flying saucer, and consider it possible evidence that the earth was visited by beings from outer space in the 17th century. This reading influences their translations of the Latin, which are usually inaccurate.

    The coin discussed in this thread, which has the same design, has aroused the same sort of speculation: opportunus adest

    *Source: Bulletin, Volumes 1-6 By Société d'études d'Avallon
     
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    Cagey said:
    This coin is from the mid 1600's. Here is a picture:
    http://www.sprezzatura.it/Arte/jeton_bouclier2.jpg
    The other side of the coin has 'Comitia Burgundiae', and French journal* identifies Burgundy as the subject of the slogan.
    [Burgundy] stood up against a few; it has fallen to many.
    (I know too little of French history to explain the circumstances.)

    There is a disc shape on the coin that the coin books identify as a shield threatened by arrows.
    However, there are quite a few internet sites that identify the image as a flying saucer, and consider it possible evidence that the earth was visited by beings from outer space in the 17th century. This reading influences their translations of the Latin, which are usually inaccurate.

    The in the coin discussed in this thread, which has the same design, has aroused the same sort of speculation: opportunus adest

    *Source: Bulletin, Volumes 1-6 By Société d'études d'Avallon
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    I saw, I was too imaginative, and Scholiast were -as usual- right.
     
    Cagey said:
    The other side of the coin has 'Comitia Burgundiae', and a French journal* identifies Burgundy as the subject of the slogan.
    [Burgundy] stood up against a few; it has fallen to many.
    (I know too little of French history to explain the circumstances.)
    […]
    *Source: Bulletin, Volumes 1-6 By Société d'études d'Avallon
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    Here's a more complete source, if you want to learn about the history of Burgundy through the topical slogans/designs chosen for the honorary tokens given to the elected officials of the États de Burgogne every three years:
    The story of the 1648 token is told around p. 130. As for the Latin, the verbs are present tense, and the message is defiant but desperate: She can resist or is resisting against a few, but against so many more, she is overwhelmed.
     
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    As usual, CapnPrep's astonishing scholarship (#9) outdoes us all. obruimur. That the inscription was on an honorific medallion, rather than a coin of fiscal currency, makes of course now complete sense.
     
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