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fwo_869706 - LIEGE - BISHOPRIC OF LIEGE - GERARD OF GROESBEECK Demi-stuiver n.d. Hasselt

LIEGE - BISHOPRIC OF LIEGE - GERARD OF GROESBEECK Demi-stuiver n.d. Hasselt VF
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Type : Demi-stuiver
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Hasselt
Metal : billon
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : (FEUILLE) GERARDVS. A. GROISBEECK. EPISC LEOD.
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Groesbeeck orné de cuirs.
Obverse translation : (Gérard de Groesbeeck, évêque de Liège.

Reverse


Reverse legend : DVX - BVLL - COM - LOSS.
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée coupant la légende.
Reverse translation : (Duc de Bouillon, comte de Looz).

Historical background


LIEGE - BISHOPRIC OF LIEGE - GERARD OF GROESBEECK

(04/11/1564-1580)

Gérard de Groesbeeck, after being appointed coadjutor, succeeded Robert de Berghes who left him the bishopric on April 11, 1564. His episcopate was marked by the passage of many troops due to the civil war which was raging in the Netherlands. He was raised to the rank of cardinal in 1578 and died in 1581..

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