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E-auction 47-19693 - bfe_249407 - LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Quart de denier (angevine)
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| Estimate : | 170 € |
| Price : | 73 € |
| Maximum bid : | 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 March 2014 16:39:00 |
| bidders : | 13 bidders |
Type : Quart de denier (angevine)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : billon
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,37 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce quart de sol est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et assez large. Exemplaire présentant des faiblesses de frappe et recouvert d’une patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de MONNAIES XXVIII, n° 1348
Obverse
Obverse legend : QVARTVS° DENAR, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Obverse description : Écu messin.
Obverse translation : (Quart de denier).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MO-NE-TA - ME.
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende cantonnée de quatre étoiles.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Metz).
Historical background
LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ
The Metz mint was ravaged by fire in 1654 and the last municipal coins were minted in 1661. The Parliament of Metz, by decision of February 11, 1662, decided to abolish municipal coinage and abandoned to the king his former monetary manufacturing privileges some change. The edict of July 22, 1679 demonetized the municipal coins of Metz. Despite the opening of a royal mint with first the crowned letter M, then the double letter AA and the confirmation of demonetization by the edict of May 5, 1693, the Messinian divisional coins continued to circulate for more than fifty years. Louis XV, aged 34 during the War of the Austrian Succession, had joined his father-in-law in Metz, who had fled Lorraine, driven out by the Austrians. The king fell ill there, almost died, but recovered his health. It was on this occasion that the king received the title "the beloved". To commemorate this event, the king had a portal built in Metz Cathedral which was erected in 1764, inaugurated by Marshal Detrées, governor of the city that year..
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