bfe_885925 - ALSACE - BISHOPRIC OF STRASBOURG AND METZ - CHARLES II OF LORRAINE-VAUDÉMONT Groschen ou trois kreutzers
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Type : Groschen ou trois kreutzers
Date: 1601
Mint name / Town : Strasbourg
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,80 g.
Coments on the condition:
Groschen frappé sur un flan un peu court. Présence de faiblesses de frappe et de traces d’un ancien nettoyage
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .CAROL. CARD. LOTH. EP. ARG. AL. L. S..
Obverse description : Écu écartelé au 1 de l'évêché de Strasbourg, aux 2 mi-parti en a d'Anjou, en b de Jérusalem, au 3 mi-parti en a de Hongrie, en b de Bar, au 4 du Landgraviat inférieur, sur le tout de Lorraine. Au-dessus 1601.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .RVDOL. II. RO. IMP. AVG. P. F. DEC..
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale nimbée portant un globe crucigère contenant un 3, le tout sous une couronne impériale coupant la légende en haut.
Historical background
ALSACE - BISHOPRIC OF STRASBOURG AND METZ - CHARLES II OF LORRAINE-VAUDÉMONT
(1593-1607)
Charles II of Lorraine-Vaudemont succeeded Jean de Manderscheid. Charles II de Lorraine-Vaudemont is the second son of the Duke of Lorraine Charles III (1545-1608) and Claude de France, who died on February 22, 1574. His elder brother, Henri de Lorraine, became Duke of Lorraine on the death of Charles II (1608-1624). Charles II of Lorraine-Vaudemont was the 87th bishop of Metz; he was at the same time bishop of Strasbourg and died in 1607. His arms are: quartered at 1 of the bishopric of Strasbourg, at 2 and 3, part of three lines and cut, which makes eight quarters: 1 Hungary; 2 Napoli; 3 Jerusalem; 4 Aragón; 5 Anjou; 6 Gelderland; 7 July; 8 Bar; at 4 of the lower Landgraviate and on the whole of Lorraine.
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