Live auction - bfe_623052 - LORRAINE - METZ - THIERRY V BAYER OF BOPPARD Tiers de gros ou tiercelet
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 600 € |
| Maximum bid : | 600 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 December 2020 17:54:01 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tiers de gros ou tiercelet
Date: 1365-1383
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,10 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce tiers de gros est frappé sur un flan large, légèrement irrégulier et recouvert d’une légère patine grise. Reliefs nets
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : THE’° - EPS’° ME’°.
Obverse description : L’évêque mitré, debout, vu de face et à mi-corps, vêtu d’une dalmatique, tenant une crosse et bénissant.
Obverse translation : (Thierry, évêque de Metz).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MON-ETA - MET-ENS’°.
Reverse description : Croix pattée coupant la légende.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Metz).
Historical background
LORRAINE - METZ - THIERRY V BAYER OF BOPPARD
(13/081365-18/01/1384)
The episcopate of Thierry V is inserted between those of Jean III of Vienne (1361-1365) and Raoul de Coucy (1387-1415). On September 25, 1383, at the end of his episcopate, Thierry sold his right to mint the Metz mint to the city for 4,000 gold francs from the kingdom of France..
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