E-auction 184-116005 - bfe_306513 - ALSACE - CITY OF STRASBOURG Gros

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Estimate :	330 €
Price :	105 €
Maximum bid :	105 €
End of the sale :	24 October 2016 14:55:30
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : Gros

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Strasbourg

Metal : billon

Diameter : 25,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 3,45 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce gros est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Légère oxydation à 5 heures au revers

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - EL.384 p. 191

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES VII, lot n° 1090

Obverse

Obverse legend : + GROSSVS (LIS) ARGENTINENSIS.

Obverse description : Lis dans un double octolobe accosté de huit roses à cinq pétales.

Obverse translation : (Gros de Strasbourg).

Reverse

Reverse legend : °TRA° - °PAX° - °HOI-BVS°, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ANNELET) ; + GLORIA* IN* EXCELS’* DO’* ET* IN, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ROSE À 5 PÉTALES).

Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende intérieure.

Historical background

ALSACE - CITY OF STRASBOURG

(Fifteenth century)

At the time of the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire, Alsace was included in Lotharingia in 843 then fell to Louis the German in 870. In 925, it was attached to the Duchy of Swabia by Henri l'Oiseleur. In the 13th century, the Habsburgs appropriated Upper Alsace. In the 14th century, the authority of the bishops of Strasbourg was reduced to Lower Alsace. The Reformation was introduced in Strasbourg in 1529.