Live auction - bfe_1009155 - LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Teston
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Type : Teston
Date: 1598
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,85 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce teston est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : S. STEPHA - PROTHOM..
Obverse description : Saint Étienne debout marchant à gauche, nimbé et vêtu de la chasuble, tenant des pierres de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche ; le tout dans une ellipse ; à l'exergue le millésime.
Obverse translation : (Saint Étienne, protomartyr).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MONETA NOVA METENSIS.
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale, les ailes déployées, chargée d'un écu aux armes de la ville.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle de Metz).