Lorraine (1420-24) 1/4 gros
This specimen was lot 789 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €160 (about US$203 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, LORRAINE, Duché, Charles II (1390-1431), AR quart de gros (carolus), 1420-1424. D/ KAROLVS DVX- LOTHER Z M' Epée en pal, chargée d'un écu de Lorraine penché. R/ SIT NO-ME DNI- BENED-ICTVM Croix pattée coupant la légende, cantonnée de deux bars entre deux croisettes et de deux alérions. Très Beau. (France, duchy of Lorraine, Charles II, 1390-1431, silver quarter groat or carolus, circa 1420-24. Obverse: a sword pointed up, charged on the arms of Lorraine; reverse: cross pattée divides the legend, cantonned with two bars between two crosslets and two wings. very fine.)"
Numisma lists this as a quarter groschen, worth 1/80 of a livre. Demi-gros also exist for Charles II.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1 g, silver, 20 mm diameter, this specimen is 0,96 g.
Catalog reference: Flon 432, 32; Saulcy IX, 14; coll. Robert 1355.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
Link to:
- (1390-1420) gros au chevalier
- Lorraine (1431-53) gros, René Ier d'Anjou
- Coins and currency dated 1420
- return to coins of Lorraine