Live auction - bfe_946494 - LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Gros

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Estimate :	900 €
Price :	770 €
Maximum bid :	770 €
End of the sale :	24 September 2024 17:42:29
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Gros

Date: c. 1384

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Metz

Metal : silver

Diameter : 26 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 3,17 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Ce gros est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une jolie patine grise. Petite faiblesse de frappe sur la tête de saint Étienne

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - Flon.II, n° 1 p. 518

Obverse

Obverse legend : *S’* STEPH’* - *PROTHO’*.

Obverse description : Saint Étienne debout à gauche, dans une mandorle, la tête nimbée, tenant de sa main droit la pierre de la lapidation, de sa main gauche la palme du martyre.

Obverse translation : (Saint Étienne, protomartyr).