348, Lot: 788. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Provincial. Metz (évêché). Civic issues. 14th-16th centuries. AR Gros (27mm, 2.77 g, 8h). S STEPh’ P ROThO m (quadrilobe), St. Étienne kneeling left; civic coat-of-arms of Metz to left and right;
manus Dei above; star stops / (shield) BИDICTV’ SIT nOmЄ’ DИI nRI IhV XPI/GRO SSV S (rosette) m ETE, cross pattée; star in quarters; annulet stops. Robert p. 213, 4; Boudeau 1659; Roberts 8932. VF, lightly toned, slightly chipped flan.
From the Michael Joffre Collection.