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bfe_322717 - LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ÉTIENNE DE BAR (55th bishop) Denier

LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ÉTIENNE DE BAR (55th bishop) Denier VF
160.00 €(Approx. 172.80$ | 137.60£)
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Type : Denier
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Marsal
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,80 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant des faiblesses de frappe et recouvert d’une patine grise avec des reflets légèrement bleutés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de MONNAIES 48, n° 542 et de MONNAIES 54, n° 286

Obverse


Obverse legend : MA[RS]AL.
Obverse description : Main bénissante tenant une crosse.
Obverse translation : (Marsal).

Reverse


Reverse legend : MA-R[SAL].
Reverse description : Saint Étienne à mi-corps, à droite, tenant de la main droite une palme, de la gauche les Évangiles.
Reverse translation : (Marsal).

Historical background


LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ÉTIENNE DE BAR (55th bishop)

(1120-29/12/1163)

Étienne de Bar succeeded Théodgère whose dates are not well known (around 1115-1120). Etienne's episcopate was the longest of the 12th century and one of the longest in the history of Metz. His nephew, Thierry III de Bar, who was not in orders, succeeded him in 1163.

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