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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exergue
Exergue \Ex*ergue"\, n. [F., fr. Gr. ? out + ? work; lit., out
work, i. e., accessory work. See Work.] (Numis.)
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.
--Fairholt.
Wiktionary
exergue
n. (context numismatics English) A space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for the insertion of the date or other minor inscription.
Usage examples of "exergue".
In childhood I must have felt with the energy of a man what I now find stamped upon memory in lines as vivid, as deep, and as durable as the exergues of the Carthaginian medals.