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Live auction - bfe_453300 - LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Gros

LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ  Gros AU/AU
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Estimate : 1 000 €
Price : 580 €
Maximum bid : 580 €
End of the sale : 12 December 2017 16:50:17
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Gros
Date: c. 1384
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 3,34 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Exemplaire présentant de hauts reliefs et recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : *S’* STEPH’* PROTHO’*.
Obverse description : Saint Étienne debout à gauche, dans une mandorle, la tête nimbée, tenant de sa main droit la pierre de la lapidation, de sa main gauche la palme du martyre.
Obverse translation : (Saint Étienne, protomartyr).

Reverse


Reverse legend : GRO-SSV-S* M-ETE’ ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + BHDICTV’° SIT: NOME’° DHI’° NRI’° IHV’° XPI’°.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Gros de Metz ; béni soit le nom de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ).

Commentary


Sur cette rare série monétaire, les O du droit contiennent une tête.

Historical background


LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ

(14th-15th centuries)

The municipal coinage of Metz gained importance from 1383. It seems to have started at the end of the 13th century between 1292 and 1297. Between 1383 and 1553, the mint seems to have functioned uninterruptedly.

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