Live auction - bfe_340770 - LORRAINE - VERDUN (BISHOPRIC OF) - LOUIS OF BAR Demi-gros
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| Estimate : | 1 400 € |
| Price : | 950 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2014 17:03:02 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Demi-gros
Date: c. 1419-1430
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Varennes-en-Argonne
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,24 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce demi-gros est frappé sur un flan large, irrégulier et présentant des éclatements. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + LVDOVICVS’* CARD’* BARRENSIS .
Obverse description : Écu écartelé sous un chapeau cardinalice.
Obverse translation : (Louis de Bar, cardinal).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SEM’ - GRO-S’° VA-REN’., LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + SIT: NOMEN: DOMINI: BENEDICTV’.
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende intérieure, cantonnée aux 2 et 3 d’un lis, aux 1 et 4 d’un bar entre deux croix fichées.
Reverse translation : (Demi-gros de Varennes).
Commentary
Monnaie particulièrement rare absente de nombre de collections.
Historical background
LORRAINE - VERDUN (BISHOPRIC OF) - LOUIS OF BAR
(1420-1430)
Cardinal Louis de Bar minted coins in Verdun and also in Varennes-en-Argonne, a workshop which came under the Duchy of Bar.
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