exergue

/ig-zurg, ek-surg, eg-zurg/US // ɪgˈzɜrg, ˈɛk sɜrg, ˈɛg zɜrg //UK // (ɛkˈsɜːɡ) //

铭文,镌刻字样,铭牌,镌刻图案

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the space below the device on a coin or medal, sometimes separated from the field by a line.

The design was similar to the original, except that the exergue contained a picture of Kaffir arms instead of the date "1853."
On the Exergue: bostonium recuperatum, die 17 martii, mdcclxxvi.
In the exergue is a boy fishing, the rebus upon the name of the artist Gio Maria da Pescia.
I think that a figure or head of Neptune upon the reverse, with the motto round the exergue, Tridens Neptuni sceptrum mundi.
Exergue: fugatis captis aut csis ad cowpens hostibus 17 Jan. 1781.