Live auction - bfe_356403 - LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Quart de thaler ou quart d'écu échancré, 2e type
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Estimate : | 3 500 € |
Price : | 2 800 € |
Maximum bid : | 2 800 € |
End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 17:25:29 |
bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Quart de thaler ou quart d'écu échancré, 2e type
Date: 1640
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 882 ‰
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 7,21 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce quart de thaler est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant de hauts reliefs et recouvert d’une jolie patine grise de médaillier. De petits tréflages
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + S. STEPHANVS - PROTOMARTYR..
Obverse description : Buste habillé à gauche de saint Étienne, nimbé ; au-dessous (1/4).
Obverse translation : (Saint Étienne, protomartyr).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (ROSE À CINQ PÉTALES) MONETA CIVITA. METENSIS. 1640.
Reverse description : Écu de Metz dans un hexalobe fleurdelisé et cantonné d'un lis dans chaque angle.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de la cité de Metz).