Live auction - bfe_786977 - LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - FRÉDÉRIC DE PLUVOISE (57th bishop) Denier
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 24 January 2023 17:29:23 |
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1170
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : billon
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,74 g.
Edge : Lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Frappe légèrement décentrée au revers. Quelques faiblesses de frappe. La patine est sombre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRIDERICS.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche de l’évêque, tête nue.
Obverse translation : (Frédéric).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (ROSE) METENSIS.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 2 d'un croissant au 3 d'une rose.
Reverse translation : (de Metz).
Historical background
LORRAINE - BISHOPRIC OF METZ - FRÉDÉRIC DE PLUVOISE (57th bishop)
(1171-1173)
The very short episcopate of Frédéric de Pluvoise and not of Pluviose, as Edgar Wendling points out in his book, is inserted between those of Thierry III (1164-1171) and Thierry IV (1173-1179).
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