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bfe_309855 - ALSACE - TOWN OF THANN Vierer

ALSACE - TOWN OF THANN Vierer VF
VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 60.00 €
Type : Vierer
Date: circa 1500
Date: n.d.
Metal : billon
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce vierer est frappé sur un flan large, voilé et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. Usure de circulation
Catalogue references :
EL.9 var. (24/9 var.)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + MONET’ (ROSE) NO’+ TANNENS (ROSE).
Obverse description : Écu de la ville.
Obverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle de Thann).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + SALVE (DEUX ROSES) CRVX (ROSE) SANCTA..
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée.
Reverse translation : (La sainte croix est notre salut).

Commentary

Poids léger.

Historical background

ALSACE - TOWN OF THANN

(16th century-1624)

After the extinction of the county house of Thann, the city passed into the hands of the dukes of the house of Austria. The right to mint coins was granted in 1387 to Thann by the Duke of Austria Albert III. It is probably only from 1448 that the city minted coins in its own name. The Thann workshop, which had become unprofitable, closed in 1565. It reopened again in 1623, before closing definitively the following year..

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