Live auction - bfe_1006548 - LORRAINE - CITY OF METZ Thaler
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Type : Thaler
Date: 1632
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 882 ‰
Diameter : 42,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,81 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler est frappé sur un flan large laissant apparaître une bonne partie des grènetis extérieurs. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : S. STEPHANVS* - *PROTHOMART’, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ROSE À CINQ PÉTALES).
Obverse description : Saint Étienne debout à gauche, nimbé, dans une mandorle, tenant les Évangiles de la main droite et la palme des martyrs de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Saint Étienne, protomartyr).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MONETA° NOVA° METENSIS° 1632, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ANNELET).
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale éployée portant en cœur les armes de Metz.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle de Metz).