bfe_716327 - LORRAINE - HOLY EMPIRE AND BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ADALBERO II Obole
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Type : Obole
Date: c. 984-1002
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Metz
Metal : billon
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,17 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Frappe faible et fruste au droit et au revers comme sur la plupart des exemplaires répertoriés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : +IMPERATOR.
Obverse description : Croix cantonnée des lettres O/T/T/O.
Obverse translation : (L’empereur Othon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +ADALBERO.
Reverse description : Temple tétrastyle à fronton triangulaire posé sur un degré.
Reverse translation : (Adalberon).
Historical background
LORRAINE - HOLY EMPIRE AND BISHOPRIC OF METZ - ADALBERO II
(984-1002)
48th bishop
This denarius would have been struck between September 6, 984 or November 7, 984 and 1002, the date of the death of the emperor. Otho III succeeded in having his cousin elected as pope under the name of Gregory V (996-999) when he was in Italy. In 999, Gerbert d'Aurillac was elected pope, under the name of Sylvester II. When the emperor died in 1002, Henry II succeeded him (1002-1024).
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