Live auction - bfe_404388 - CITY OF STRASBOURG Ducat
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| Estimate : | 5 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 27 September 2016 17:08:16 |
Type : Ducat
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Strasbourg
Metal : gold
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,46 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce ducat est frappé sur un flan large, voilé, présentant une fente à 11 heures au revers allant jusqu’au A de DVCATVS. Peu d’usure en dépit de ce défaut
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de MONNAIES 44, n° 562
Obverse
Obverse legend : DVCATVS / REIPVB. / ARGENTI / NENSIS.
Obverse description : en quatre lignes dans une cartouche ornée d’un lis fleuronné dans sa partie supérieure et d’une fleur dans sa partie basse.
Obverse translation : (Ducat de la cité de Strasbourg).
Reverse
Reverse legend : *GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO*.
Reverse description : Écu ovale, posé sur une base, timbré d’un heaume orné de ses attributs et soutenu par deux lions affrontés, le queue fourchue et passée en sautoir.
Reverse translation : (Gloire à Dieu dans les Cieux).
Commentary
Les premiers ducats furent frappés à Strasbourg en 1635 et il y eut une nouvelle émission en 1653. Pour cette série, sont également connus des triples et des doubles ducats.
Historical background
CITY OF STRASBOURG
Strasbourg, at the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century, played a great economic, intellectual and artistic role. The cathedral, whose construction began in 1277, was completed at the end of the 15th century. Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press, resided in Strasbourg from 1438 to 1447. The house of the Oeuvre Notre-Dame and the Kammerzell house were erected at this time. Strasbourg will find itself embroiled in the Wars of Religion which will devastate Alsace for more than a hundred years.
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