Live auction - bfe_499002 - LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Gros
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 225 € |
| Maximum bid : | 225 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 October 2018 16:18:33 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Gros
Date: c. 1406-1415
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,03 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier et ayant été nettoyé anciennement
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : S’* STEPH’* P-ROTHO’* M’*, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ROSE).
Obverse description : Saint Étienne à genoux à gauche, la tête nimbée, accosté de deux écussons messins, sous une main bénissante.
Obverse translation : (Saint Étienne, protomartyr).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GRO-SSV-S* M-ETE ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE (ÉCU MESSIN) BHDICTV’° SIT: NOME’° DHI’° NRI’° IHV’° XPI’°.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de quatre étoiles à cinq rais coupant la légende intérieure.
Reverse translation : (Gros de Metz ; béni soit le nom de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ).
Historical background
LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ
1563-1619
Saint Stephen is always represented with one or more stones because he was stoned, becoming the first martyr after Christ. The political situation changed in Metz in the 16th century; freed from the tutelage of the bishop, the city is now administered by the citizens. Henri II seized the Three Bishoprics in 1552, which were confirmed to him by the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559, but Metz would not be definitively integrated into the kingdom until after the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Municipal coinage ceased in 1661.
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