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1407
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FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
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1407
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FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
Metz (city of). Gold florin, undated (after 1439), Metz.
Obverse: ·S’· STEPhANVS * - °PROThOMAR’· (the A’s with small rings). Saint Stephen, standing on the left with a nimbus, holding a palm frond and a stone, within a mandorla.
Reverse: + (crescent) * FLORENVS (crescent) * CIVITATIS (crescent) * METENSIS (crescent) *. The city’s coat of arms within a fleur-de-lis-adorned hexalobe, flanked by shamrocks.
Flon p.517 no. 2 – Wendling II/F/p/2 – Fr.164; Gold – 3.54 g – 22 mm – 12 h
Top Pop: this is the finest graded specimen!
NGC MS 62 (8769676-014).
With this weight and inscription, this florin complies with the regulations of 1439 (theoretical weight 3.599 g, at 760/1000). The reverse is accented by a crescent followed by a rosette. It has a lovely freshness and a light golden patina. Superb in mint condition.
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