v17_2343 - LIEGE - BISHOPRIC OF LIEGE - GERARD OF GROESBEECK Demi-sprenger c. 1565 Hasselt

LIEGE - BISHOPRIC OF LIEGE - GERARD OF GROESBEECK Demi-sprenger c. 1565 Hasselt VF/XF

MONNAIES 17 (2002)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 140.00 €
Realised price : 85.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 110.00 €

Type : Demi-sprenger

Date: c. 1565

Mint name / Town : Hasselt

Metal : silver

Diameter : 28 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 4,01 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce demi-sprenger est frappé sur un flan régulier. On doit noter une légère patine grise sur les deux faces de cet exemplaire ainsi que de petites concrétions superficielles. Les reliefs sont plus nets au revers qu’au droit

Catalogue references :

Ch.512 - Mig.512 (PC)

Obverse

Obverse legend : (FEUILLE) GERARDVS. A. GROISBEECK. EPISC[.] LEOD.

Obverse description : Écu ovale 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..

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

55.00 €

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