v44_0557 - ALSACE - CITY OF STRASBOURG Vierer

MONNAIES 44 (2010)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 147.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 198.00 €

Type : Vierer

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Strasbourg

Metal : silver

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 2 h.

Weight : 1,43 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce vierer est frappé sur un flan large laissant apparaître une bonne partie des grènetis extérieurs. La croix du droit apparaît en négatif au revers. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier hétérogène

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - EL.n° 347 var. p. 188

Obverse

Obverse legend : MON-ETA-ARG-ENT.

Obverse description : Croix coupant la légende.

Obverse translation : (Monnaie de Strasbourg).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + GLORIA. IN EXCELS. DO.

Reverse description : Lis.

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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