Live auction - bfe_378564 - LORRAINE - METZ - THIERRY V BAYER OF BOPPARD Gros au saint Étienne debout
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 896 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 600 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 March 2016 16:50:16 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Gros au saint Étienne debout
Date: 1365-1383
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,37 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan assez large laissant apparaître une bonne partie des grènetis extérieurs. Exemplaire recouvert d’une très jolie patine grise de médaillier. Très hauts reliefs. Exemplaire de toute beauté
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : THEODC'* - EPS'* METE'*.
Obverse description : Saint Étienne debout de face, mitré, vêtu de la grande chasuble, bénissant de la main droite et tenant la crosse épiscopale de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Thierry, évêque de Metz).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GRO-SVS - ME-TE’S' ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + BHDICTV'° SIT: NOME'° DHI'° NRI''° IHV'° XPI'°, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ANNELET, OU, APRÈS SIT, PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description : Croix pattée coupant la légende intérieure.
Reverse translation : (Gros de Metz ; béni soit le nom de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ).
Historical background
LORRAINE - METZ - THIERRY V BAYER OF BOPPARD
(13/081365-18/01/1384)
The episcopate of Thierry V is inserted between those of Jean III of Vienne (1361-1365) and Raoul de Coucy (1387-1415). On September 25, 1383, at the end of his episcopate, Thierry sold his right to mint the Metz mint to the city for 4,000 gold francs from the kingdom of France..
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