bfe_1040712 - LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Teston
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Type : Teston
Date: 1599
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,87 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce teston est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier présentant un éclatement à 7 heures au droit. Usure importante. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : S. STEPHA - PROTHOM..
Obverse description : Saint Étienne debout marchant à gauche, nimbé et vêtu de la chasuble, tenant des pierres de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche ; le tout dans une ellipse ; à l'exergue le millésime.
Obverse translation : (Saint Étienne, protomartyr).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MONETA NOVA METENSIS.
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale, les ailes déployées, chargée d'un écu aux armes de la ville.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle 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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LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Teston VF
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