Gros Blanc - Wenceslaus I ND

Reverse

Bohemian shield on the left and Luxembourg on the right under a crown, inner girdle, legend and outer girdle

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: ✚ MOnETAₓ nOVA⁑ LVCEBVRGENS'

Lettering (regular font): ✚ MONETAₓ NOVA⁑ LVCEBVRGENS'

Translation: New Luxembourg currency

Edge

Plain

Comment

Coin struck towards the end of the reign of Wenceslaus I, after 1378, at the Luxembourg mint.

Of the 122 pieces listed by Weiller, 51 come from the "A. 26" treasure discovered around 1962 in the Wiltz area. This treasure, in total 152 pieces, found in 1962 was split in two and quickly dispersed in the trade. Some of these parts have nevertheless been analyzed and identified beforehand, including the present type.

Hubert Frère & Marcel Thirion,
RBM vol.109, 1963, pp. 189-197

The average weight was 3.16 g (taken from this sheet).
Two pieces had a weight of less than 2.75 g. and 4 a weight greater than 3.35 g.

Several variants of legend and punctuation are known, 5 differend legends for the obverse and 6 for the reverse (Weiller, p. 75)

• Obverse:
  

a. + WЄnCЄLₓ DЄIₓ GRΛₓ LVCₓ BRΛBₓ DVXₓ (patted cross, C open[c] - see below)
b. + WЄnCЄLₓ DЄIₓ GRAₓ LVCₓ BRABₓ DVXₓ (patted cross, A with central bar)
c. + WЄnCЄLₓ DЄIₓ GRΛₓ LVCₓ BRΛBₓ DVXₓ (simple cross at the beginning of the legend)
d. + WЄnCЄLₓ DЄIₓ GRΛₓ LVCₓ BRΛBₓ DVXₓ (patted cross, C closed [α] - see below)
e. + WЄnCЄLₓ DЄIₓ GRΛₓ LVCₓ BRΛBₓ DVXₓ (patted cross, big punctuation)

• Reverse:
  

a. +MOnЄTΛₓ nOVΛ⁑ LVCЄBVRGЄNS'
b. +MOnЄTΛₓ nOVΛ⁑ LVCЄBVRGЄNS' (S across)
c. +MOnЄTAₓ nOVA⁑ LVCЄBVRGЄNS' (A with bar)
d. +MOnЄTΛₓ nOVΛ⁑ LVCЄBVRGЄNS' (simple cross at the beginning of the legend)
e. +MOnЄTΛₓ nOVΛ⁑ LVCЄBVRGЄNS' (C closed [α])
f. +MOnЄTΛₓ nOVΛ⁑ LVCЄBVRGЄNS' (big punctuation)

Quelques ventes:

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• Heidelberger M. Auc. 61 l.656, l.657
  

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• Elsen Auc. 107 l.821
  

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• Elsen Auc. 112 l.786
  

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• Elsen Auc. 119 l.1062
  

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• Aurea Auc. 50 l.538
  

• CGB v09_0975
  

• Spink Auc. 16005 l.1720
  

• Ibelgica 2014 l.18
  

• Cl. Numismatic Gr., Triton XIII, l.1913
  

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• iNumis Auc. 11, l.1837
  

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• Numismatik Lanz Auc. 155 l.1099
  

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