⅓ Gros - Wenceslaus I Luxembourg-Trèves Mint

⅓ Gros - Wenceslaus I (Luxembourg-Trèves Mint) - obverse⅓ Gros - Wenceslaus I (Luxembourg-Trèves Mint) - reverse

© M. de la Fontaine, 1842

Features

Issuer Luxembourg
Duke Wenceslaus I (1353-1383)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1359-1362
Value ⅓ Gros
Currency Duchy - Florin (1353-1713)
Composition Silver
Weight 1.19 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
95801
References L# 155-1,
Romain Probst; 1998. Prifix : catalogue illustré des monnaies luxembourgeoises (1026 - 1998). Banque du Timbre et Lux-Numis, Luxembourg.
Weiller# 135,
Raymond Weiller; 1977. Les Monnaies Luxembourgeoises. Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
BV# 159
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

Quartered shield with 1st and 4th the coat of arms of Trier, 2nd that of Bohemia and 3rd that of Luxembourg, in a six-lobe and double-rib epicycloid. Legend between two pearled circles.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: + BOEM'₀ ARChPS₀ ET₀ W'₀ DVX

Lettering (regular font): + BOEM'₀ ARCHPS₀ ET₀ W'₀ DVX

Reverse

Patted long cross, quartered with four stars with six points, perforated.
Legend between two pearled circles.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: SOC' IST'₀ M'₀ FCE₀ LVCEMBG'₀

Lettering (regular font): SOC' IST'₀ M'₀ FCE₀ LVCEMBG'₀

Translation:
Socii istius monetae factae in Lucemburgo
Solidarity money struck in Luxembourg

Mint

Luxembourg, Luxembourg (1026-1795)

Comments

Third of a gros, only 3 copies listed, struck between 1359 and 1362 at the Luxembourg City mint.
1/3 gros = 1/60 golden florin
1/3 gros = 10 deniers

Treditory version of the agreement with Luxembourg, see here (L#154-1) for the Luxembourg version.

M. de la Fontaine, as well as Bernays and Vannerus had taken this coin at the time for a demi-gross.
The observations made by Weiller contradict this assumption and prove that it is indeed a third of gros.

Coin from the monetary union between Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (1353-1383) and Bohemond of Saarbrücken, Archbishop of Trier (1354-1362). "On October 31, 1359, Wenceslas concluded a very close alliance with Bohemond of Saarbrück. The striking of a social coin was the consequence of this good diplomatic agreement" (Bernays and Vannerus, 1910).
From this alliance results the striking of 2 gros, 2 tiers and 2 sixth of gros, each time a version tréviroise and a luxembourgish, recognizable by the difference on the shield and the legend. The shield is quartered so that the first quarter is always occupied by the one at the beginning of the legend. In this case (version tréviroise), first district of Trier and beginning of legend of archbishop.
(for the Luxembourgish version, first district of Bohemia and Wincel at the beginning of the legend).

Bohemond dies quickly, the alliance was renewed with his successor but does not seem to have generated the production of coins.

The weight of the three coins listed was: 1.16 g. 1.18 g. and 1.25 g. (Weiller, p. 69)

Quite a few variants of legend and punctuation are known. The reverse exists without a point at the end of the legend.

Source: the illustrations on this page come from the article written by M. de la Fontaine and published by the RBN in 1842, pl. XV, fig. A2.

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