fme_888641 - LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Médaille, Les ducs de Guise, Siège de Metz, refrappe
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Type : Médaille, Les ducs de Guise, Siège de Metz, refrappe
Date: (1552)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 51,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 68,32 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène, présentant quelques marques d’usure et des concrétions vertes, notamment au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRANCISCVS - DVX GVISIVS (FLEUR).
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé, tête nue, à droite de François, duc de Guise.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1552. HAEC (FLEUR) TIBI (FLEUR) META (FLEUR) .
Reverse description : Vue sur la ville de Metz et ses fortifications.
Reverse translation : Tu ne passeras pas outre.
Historical background
LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ
(16th - 17th century)
Metz, Verdun and Toul were attached to the kingdom of France by the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559. Nevertheless, until the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the Habsburgs disputed and discussed the possession of the Three Bishoprics. Metz, during this period, sometimes maintains difficult relations with its Lorraine or French neighbors. The city is favorable to the League during the Wars of Religion.
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