MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 298.19 €
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 298.19 €
Type : Thaler à l'écu échancré, 2e type
Date: 1638
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 882 ‰
Diameter : 43 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 27,87 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan très large laissant apparaître l'essentiel des grènetis extérieurs. Relief assez haut au droit comme au revers. Léger tréflage en début de légende du revers. Joli portrait de saint Étienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + S. STEPHANVS - PROTOMARTIR..
Obverse description : Buste habillé à gauche de saint Étienne, nimbé.
Obverse translation : (Saint Étienne, protomartyr).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (ROSE À CINQ PÉTALES) MONETA CIVITA. METENSIS. 1638.
Reverse description : Écu de Metz dans un hexalobe fleurdelisé et cantonné d'un lis dans chaque angle.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité de Metz).
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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