Plaque - Jean the Blind

Plaque - Jean the Blind - obversePlaque - Jean the Blind - reverse

© N. van Werveke, 1892

Features

Issuer Luxembourg
Count Jean the Blind (1310-1346)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1345-1346
Value Plaque (0.1)
Currency Livre Tournois (963-1353)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.79 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
95999
References L# 70-1,
Romain Probst; 1998. Prifix : catalogue illustré des monnaies luxembourgeoises (1026 - 1998). Banque du Timbre et Lux-Numis, Luxembourg.
Weiller# 62,
Raymond Weiller; 1977. Les Monnaies Luxembourgeoises. Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
BV# 70
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

Quartererd shield of Bohemia-Luxembuorg, accompanied by three crowns, in a quadrilobe with double rib and with re-entrant angles adorned with a loquat flower between two globules.
Legend between two pearled circles.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: + IOhANNES⁑ BOhEmIE⁑ REX IBNDVX

Lettering (regular font): + IOHANNES⁑ BOHEMIE⁑ REX IBNDVX

Reverse

Patted cross, small, quartered with four globules and four crowns. Double legend between triple pearled circles.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: + BHDICTV⁑ SIT⁑ nOmE⁑ DHEnRI⁑ DEI⁑ HBVI

Lettering (regular font): + BHDICTV⁑ SIT⁑ NOME⁑ DHENRI⁑ DEI⁑ HBVI

Comments

Rare plaque, type of association Luxembourg-Bar.

The average weight of 7 pieces analyzed was 3.79 g.

Despite the small number of known copies, Weiller was able to identify a fairly large number of legend variants. For more details see Weiller, p. 34. Do not rely too much on the legend variants of a single author, some inaccuracy is given for this plaque. A number of legend variants seem to be missing in the Weiller. Probst does not indicate any, just mentions "variants of legends".


First description of the coin by N. van Werveke in 1892 and published by the RBN, vol. XLVIII, 1895, pp. 384-385.

Source:
  • the illustrations in this sheet come from the article by N. van Werveke, published in 1892 in the RBN, vol. XLVIII, p. 387

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