Denier - Henri VI globe ND

Reverse

Castle with four battlements, with angular roof, surmounted by a globe and flanked by two defensive works. Legend between an internal thread and an external circle of pearls.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: • DELVCEB'•

Lettering (regular font): • DELVCEB'•

Translation: of Luxembourg

Edge

Plain

Comment

Rare denier, struck at the Luxembourg-city mint. The average weight of 51 pieces was 0.53 g ( Weiller, p.13 ).

The construction mounted above the castle differentiates this L# 13-1 with the globe from the .
The obverse of the two pieces is identical. The reverses are very similar, the legends also, but Probst distinguishes between two types, this one, with the globe surmounting the castle and the type L# 14-1 with the finial that surmounts the castle. Bernays and Vannerus had an even more indistinct ranking.
Weiller, on the other hand, combines these two pieces under a single reference number, so similar as they are. Differences should be considered as a variant and not as a separate type. Weiller's way of listing is preferable, so this part and the L# 14-1 are only one type, W# 10 (see variants below).

 
 with globe with floret
 L#13-1 W#10 d./b. L#14-1 W#10 g./c.

Several variants of the legend and punctuation have been identified, 8 for the obverse and 5 for the reverse. In all, 13 possible combinations of legends. The legend variant of the right described by Probst does not exist (compare Probst, p. 18 and Weiller, p. 12-13). The ring of the reverse can be replaced by pearls and the floret can be replaced by a globe.

• obverse:
  

a. ×+× •h CO MES
b. ×+× •h•CO MES
c. ×+× h CO MES
d. ×+× •h•CO MES (2nd point higher)
e. ×+× •h CO HES
f. ×+× •h: CO MES
g. ×+× ×h CO MES
h. ×+× •h× CO MES

• Reverse:
  

a. DELVCEB (with finial)
a'. DELVCEB' (with finial)
b. • DELVCEB'• (with globe)
c. ××DELVCEB' (with finial)
d. DELVCEB'+ (with finial)

These pieces were largely found in 1876 during the discovery of the Treasure no. B133 in the vicinity of St. Vith.

Malmedy - St. Vither Volkszeitung, 1926, n° 74

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