⅓ Gros - Charles IV ND

Reverse

Small patted cross, surrounded by two legends between three pearled circles.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering:
+ XP' C⋮ VinCIT⋮ REGИAT ET IMPERAT (ext.)
+ MOnETA: LVCEBVRG (int.)

Lettering (regular font):
+ XP' C⋮ VINCIT⋮ REGNAT ET IMPERAT (EXT.)
+ MONETA: LVCEBVRG (INT.)

Translation:
+ Christ conquers, reigns, commands (ext.)
+ Currency of Luxembourg (int.)

Comment

Unique coin, a single known copy, kept in the cabinet of the medals of Brussels.
One third of a gros, undated, struck between 1348 and 1353 at the Luxembourg City mint.


First description of the piece by Baudouin de Jonghe in 1895. Published by the RBN, vol. LI, 1895, p. 368. All the following authors, from La Fontaine, Bernays & Vannerus, Weiller, Probst, and others have relied on the same piece for their analysis.

Coin attributed to Charles IV by all authors. This choice may be called into question, as Bernays and Vannerus explain. Charles was in charge of Luxembourg since his coronation in 1346 until the end of 1353 when he left the county to Wenceslaus I.
On the other hand, from 1346 on, he conceded the county to Archbishop Baldwin of Trêves, to whom he owed considerable sums. The Luxembourgers owed obedience to the archbishop who had full powers to govern and administer the county and even had the right to monetize:«nüwe müntze von gold und auch von silber dan slaben und verwandeln, wanne er will, und auch verbieden zu slaene » (BV, pp. 181-187).

Source:

• the illustrations on this sheet come from the article of M. de Jonghe, published in 1895 in the RBN, vol. LI, pp. 361-370
  

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