Plaque - Jean the Blind 1343-1344

Weight

3.72 g

Diameter

NA

Thickness

NA

Material

Silver

Shape

Round (irregular)

Edge Type

NA

Technique

Hammered

Front design

Luxembourg-Bar quartered escutcheon, flanked by three crowns, in a quatrefoil with re-entrant corners adorned with a tress flanked by two globules. The tip of the shield is flanked by two globules. Legend between two pearled circles.

Back design

Small patted cross, quartered with four crowns, surrounded by a double legend between three pearled circles

Year of Minting

1343-1344

Count

Jean the Blind (1310-1346)

Mint location

Saint-Mihiel , France (1343-1344)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: +IOhAnnES⦂ REX⦂ ET⦂ hEИRICVS⦂ COMES Reverse: Extérieur: +BnDICTV⦂ SIT⦂ NOME⦂ DИI⦂ nRI⦂ DEI⦂ Ih' VXPI Intérieur: +MOИETA⦂ S⦂ MIChAELIS

Context

Social currency (commune) resulting from the Luxembourg - Bar monetary union , struck at the mint of Saint Mihiel . Very rare piece, four known copies, two are kept in the medal cabinet of Brussels and one in Luxembourg, the last was sold by Probst in 1989 for approximately €10,000. Coin undated but whose strike may be located precisely between March 9, 1343, date on which the agreement was concluded and December 24, 1344, date of the death of Count Henry IV. This coin was described for the first time by M. De la Fontaine in the review of Belgian numismatics in 1845. The copy described and illustrated (pp. 361-362, pl.4) was found in 1842 in Freudenburg in the former archbishopric of Trier. Treasury listed by Weiller under number B23. © Revue de la numismatique Belge, 1842/1844, pp 361-362, pl. 4

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

Marketplace listings

0