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bfe_257124 - ALSACE - CITY OF STRASBOURG Gros

ALSACE - CITY OF STRASBOURG Gros XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 320.00 €
Type : Gros
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Strasbourg
Metal : billon
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,35 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une jolie patine grise. Quelques faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :

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.
Reverse translation : (Gloire à Dieu dans les Cieux).

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.

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