Denier - Ermesinde

Denier - Ermesinde - obverseDenier - Ermesinde - reverse

© Jean Elsen & ses fils

Features

Issuer Luxembourg
Countess Ermesinde (1197-1247)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1226-1239
Value Denier (1⁄240)
Currency Livre Tournois (963-1353)
Composition Billon
Weight 0.71 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
81588
References L# 2-1,
Romain Probst; 1998. Prifix : catalogue illustré des monnaies luxembourgeoises (1026 - 1998). Banque du Timbre et Lux-Numis, Luxembourg.
Weiller# 2,
Raymond Weiller; 1977. Les Monnaies Luxembourgeoises. Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
BV# 2
Édouard Bernays, Jules Vannérus; 1910. Histoire monétaire du comté puis du duché de Luxembourg et de ses fiefs : abbaye d'Echternach, comté de Chiny, seigneuies de Moiry, de Schönecken et de Saint-Vith, comté de Salm en Ardenne, seigneurie d'Orchimont, terre franche de Cugnon. Académie royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.

Obverse

Crowned lion rampant left, single tail with three lobes. Pearls at border.

Lettering: anépigraphe

Reverse

Castle with three towers surround by legend and pearls.

Lettering: LV CEM BOR

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Luxembourg, Luxembourg (1026-1795)

Comments

Coins are minted in the mint of Luxembourg City.
Pièce frappée à l'atelier de Luxembourg-ville. This is the only piece struck under the reign of Henri the Blind.

Weiller reports 15 varieties with different legends. The most common are:
  • LV CE BOR
  • LVC ME BOR
  • L VC ENB OR
  • LV CE HBR O
  • VLC EMB OR
  • etc

One copy was found in 1955 in Rhineland-Palatinate, which shows a much wider tower and narrower entrance (Weiller# 2.i page 8 ). This copy is kept at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn.

The tower with three slots on the reverse side is identical to the first municipal seal of the city of Luxembourg, appended to a deed of 1237. This motif was taken again on the reverse of the module of 20 francs of 1963.

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Denier - Ermesinde
Jean Elsen & ses Fils
Auction 127
Lot 1012
Internet Archive
5 Dec 2015 USD 592.82
(EUR 550.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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