Live auction - bfe_636631 - LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Florin d'or

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VF/XF

Estimate :	800 €
Price :	650 €
Maximum bid :	750 €
End of the sale :	09 March 2021 18:22:21
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Florin d'or

Date: (1563-1619/20)

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Metz

Metal : gold

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 4 h.

Weight : 3,19 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce florin est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Des faiblesses de frappe

Catalogue references :

Bd.1657 (25 f.) - W.II/F/P/6 - F.164 var. - Flon.n° 2 p. 726

Obverse

Obverse legend : (ROSE À CINQ PÉTALES) FLORENVS CIVITIS METENSIS.

Obverse description : Écu de Metz dans un polylobe fleurdelisé contenu dans un hexalobe cantonné aux angles d'un annelet.

Obverse translation : (Florin de la cité de Metz).

Reverse

Reverse legend : S. STEPHA. - PROTHOM.

Reverse description : Saint Étienne, debout à gauche, nimbé, dans une mandorle, tenant une palme de la main gauche, coupant la légende en haut et en bas.

Reverse translation : (Saint Étienne, protomartyr).