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DUCHY OF LORRAINE - LEOPOLD I Demi-teston XF

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Type : Demi-teston

Date: 1721

Mint name / Town : Nancy

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰

Diameter : 24,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,42 g.

Edge : cordonnée

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Demi-teston frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise avec des rayures sur les deux faces

Catalogue references :

Bd.1575 (8 f.) - Flon.n° 127 p. 910

Obverse

Obverse legend : LEOP. I. D. G. D. LOT. BA. REX. IE.

Obverse description : Buste nu de Léopold Ier à droite.

Obverse translation : (Léopold Ier par la grâce de Dieu duc de Lorraine et de Bar, roi de Jérusalem).

Reverse

Reverse legend : IN. TE. DOMINE - SPERAVI. 1721., (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES).

Reverse description : Écu de Lorraine sommé d’une couronne.

Reverse translation : (En toi Seigneur je place mon espérance).

Commentary

Monnaie au millésime 1721 particulièrement rare dont Dominique Flon ne recense qu’un exemplaire mentionné sans illustration dans le catalogue de la collection Robert, n° 1597.
Coin dated 1721, particularly rare, of which Dominique Flon only lists one example mentioned without illustration in the catalogue of the Robert collection, no. 1597