bfe_269241 - LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ÉTIENNE DE BAR (55th bishop) Denier messin
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Price : 130.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 130.00 €
Type : Denier messin
Date: c. 1120-1160
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 0,77 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan particulièrement large et complet. Trace de tréflage au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : S SE-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 : METENSIS.
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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