Live auction - bfe_1032492 - LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ROBERT DE LENONCOURT (83th bishop) Gros
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| Estimate : | 2 500 € |
| Price : | 1 550 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 005 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 September 2025 19:06:16 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Gros
Date: (1552-1553)
Date: s.m.
Metal : billon
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,20 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et est recouvert d’une patine grise hétérogène. Monnaie présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe au niveau des légendes
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Gros provenant de la vente sur offres CGB, MONNAIES 31, n° 1603
Obverse
Obverse legend : °STEPHA - ° PROTHOM.
Obverse description : Saint Étienne à genoux à gauche, la tête nimbée, accosté de deux écus de Metz ; à 11 heures dans la légende la main de Dieu.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GRO - EPI- MET-ENS ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : (ÉCU DE LENONCOURT) BNDICTV* SIT* NOME* DNI* NRI* IHV* X.
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende intérieure et cantonnée de quatre étoiles à 5 rais.
Reverse translation : (Gros de l’évêché de Metz ; béni soit le nom de notre seigneur Jésus Christ).
Historical background
LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ROBERT DE LENONCOURT (83th bishop)
(1551-1555)
Robert de Lenoncourt, cardinal-bishop of Metz was also count of Chalon, peer of France, archbishop of Arles and Embrun. The bugne or tertelle is mentioned in an ordinance of 1511 as being worth 10 denarii. In reality, it runs, as its second name indicates, for 4 denarii or a third gross. This coin would have been struck from the end of the 14th century and remains, in the middle of the 15th century, of a still medieval style with the uncial letters. Robert de Lénoncourt had bought against the advice of the Messins and for 4,000 Francs the right to mint the workshop. Nevertheless, he never knocked in Metz.
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