bfe_332013 - LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Demi-franc messin de 6 gros
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Price : 220.00 €
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Price : 220.00 €
Type : Demi-franc messin de 6 gros
Date: 1658
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 694 ‰
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 3,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce demi-franc est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise et présentant des taches noires
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : S. STEPHANVS. PROTO. M.
Obverse description : Petit buste de saint Étienne à gauche, la tête nimbée, à l'exergue : .1658..
Obverse translation : (Saint Étienne, protomartyr).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONETA NOVA. METENS., (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 5 HEURES).
Reverse description : Écu de Metz orné de cuirs ; à l'exergue .VI. G..
Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle de Metz ; 6 gros).
Historical background
LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ
1563-1619
Saint Stephen is always represented with one or more stones because he was stoned, becoming the first martyr after Christ. The political situation changed in Metz in the 16th century; freed from the tutelage of the bishop, the city is now administered by the citizens. Henri II seized the Three Bishoprics in 1552, which were confirmed to him by the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559, but Metz would not be definitively integrated into the kingdom until after the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Municipal coinage ceased in 1661.
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