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E-auction 102-53645 - bfe_330573 - LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ÉTIENNE DE BAR (55th bishop) Denier messin

LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ÉTIENNE DE BAR (55th bishop) Denier messin VF
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Estimate : 85 €
Price : 86 €
Maximum bid : 86 €
End of the sale : 30 March 2015 16:09:30
bidders : 9 bidders
Type : Denier messin
Date: c. 1120-1160
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan particulièrement large et complet. Frappe un peu molle au droit. Jolie patine de collection
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : S STE-[PH-AN].
Obverse description : Buste de Saint-Étienne à droite vu à mi-corps, tenant l'épée haute de la main droite et les Évangiles de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Saint Étienne).

Reverse


Reverse legend : MET[EN]SIS.
Reverse description : Main à dextre tenant une crosse.
Reverse translation : (de Metz).

Historical background


LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ÉTIENNE DE BAR (55th bishop)

(1120-29/12/1163)

Étienne de Bar succeeded Théodgère whose dates are not well known (around 1115-1120). Etienne's episcopate was the longest of the 12th century and one of the longest in the history of Metz. His nephew, Thierry III de Bar, who was not in orders, succeeded him in 1163.

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