bfe_828745 - LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ÉTIENNE DE BAR (55th bishop) Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: c. 1120-1160
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Épinal
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 0,69 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce denier est recouvert d’une patine foncée. Le flan de cet exemplaire est légèrement voilé et irrégulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : * ST[E]PH[AN]I.
Obverse description : Croix cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’une rose, aux 2 et 3 d’un besant.
Obverse translation : (Saint-Étienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S[+ PI]NAL.
Reverse description : Temple.
Reverse translation : (Épinal).
Historical background
LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ÉTIENNE DE BAR (55th bishop)
(1120-29/12/1163)
Étienne de Bar succeeded Théodgère whose dates are not well known (around 1115-1120). Etienne's episcopate was the longest of the 12th century and one of the longest in the history of Metz. His nephew, Thierry III de Bar, who was not in orders, succeeded him in 1163.
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