Live auction - bfe_966241 - LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Gros
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Type : Gros
Date: c. 1384
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,33 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
Catalogue references :
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).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GRO-SSV-S* M-ETE’ ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + BHDICTV’° SIT: NOME’° DHI’° NRI’° IHV’° XPI’°.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Gros de Metz ; béni soit le nom de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ).
Commentary
Sur cette rare série monétaire, les O du droit contiennent une tête.