Luxembourg (1388-1402) gros
This specimen was lot 997 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "LUXEMBOURG: Jose de Moravia, 1388-1402, AR gros, approximately 26mm across, interesting faces in many of the letters, IODOC':MARCH':Z:DHS':MORAVIE // BHNDICT: - SIT:HOM - EN:DHNI: - IHV:XPI: : MON - ETA: - LVC - EHB', some slight surface issues on the obverse, VF." Wikipedia comments, "Jobst of Moravia (Czech: Jošt Moravský or Jošt Lucemburský; German: Jo(b)st or Jodokus von Mähren; c. 1354 – 18 January 1411), ...was Margrave of Moravia from 1375, Duke of Luxembourg and Elector of Brandenburg from 1388 as well as elected King of Germany (King of the Romans) from 1410 until his death. Jobst was an ambitious and versatile ruler, who...dominated the ongoing struggles within the Luxembourg dynasty and around the German throne." Luxembourg became part of the Burgundian inheritance in 1443.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.7 g, silver, 27 mm diameter, this specimen 2.41 g, 26 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: De Mey Luxembourg-170, Weiller-157.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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- Luxembourg (1384-88) gros, Wenceslaus II
- Luxembourg (1415-19) gros = nuwegroschen
- Coins and currency dated 1388