bfe_897170 - CITY OF STRASBOURG Semissis ou demi-gros
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Type : Semissis ou demi-gros
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Strasbourg
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Présence de quelques faiblesses de frappe. Flan plutôt large et régulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (BOUQUET DE FLEUR) SEMISSIS* ARGENTINENSIS.
Obverse description : Lis dans un polylobe fleuronné.
Obverse translation : (Semissis de Strasbourg).
Reverse
Reverse legend : * GLORIA* IN* EXCELSIS* DEO:.
Reverse description : Croix fleurdelisée dans un polylobe fleuronné, portant un écu de Strasbourg en cœur.
Reverse translation : (Gloire à Dieu dans les Cieux).
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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