Live auction - bfe_375659 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE – ANTOINE / ANTHONY Quart de teston

DUCHY OF LORRAINE – ANTOINE / ANTHONY Quart de teston AU

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Estimate :	550 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	01 March 2016 16:48:46

Type : Quart de teston

Date: 1544

Mint name / Town : Nancy

Metal : silver

Diameter : 22,5 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 2,24 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce quart de teston est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et assez large. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier. Revers présentant un léger tréflage

Catalogue references :

Bd.1516 (6 f.) - Flon.n° 78 p. 596

Obverse

Obverse legend : + ANTHON* LOTHOR* ET* BAR* DVX, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE SAUTOIR).

Obverse description : Buste d'Antoine à gauche, cuirassé et couronné.

Obverse translation : (Antoine, duc de Lorraine et duc de Bar).

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Écu couronné accosté de deux croix de Lorraine ; au-dessous, sous un trait d'exergue 1544.

Commentary

Les quarts de testons semblent beaucoup plus rares que les testons. Sont connus les millésimes : 1512-1515, 1522-1527, 1529, 1531-1538, 1541, 1544-1545.