Tournois obol - Wenceslaus I
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Luxembourg
(Luxembourg)
 |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Wenceslaus I (1353-1383)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1353-1383 |
| Value | 1 Obol |
| Currency | Florin (1353-1713) |
| Composition | Billon |
| Weight | 0.54 g |
| Diameter | 14 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 80719 |
| References | L# 141-1 Romain Probst; 2003. Prifix: catalogue illustré des monnaies luxembourgeoises (1026 - 2001). Banque du Timbre et Lux-Numis, Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Raymond Weiller; 1977. Les Monnaies Luxembourgeoises = Luxembourgish Coins. Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Édouard Bernays, Jules Vannérus. Histoire numismatique du comté puis duché de Luxembourg et de ses fiefs (2 volumes). |
Obverse
Patted cross, inner and outer pearled circle, between the two the legend
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: WEnCESLAVS DVX
Lettering (regular font): WENCESLAVS DVX
Translation: Wenceslaus the first, duke
Reverse
Tournouis gatehouse surmounted by a lion, legend around, absence of pearled circles.
Script: Latin (uncial)
Lettering: TVRONVS LVCEB
Lettering (regular font): TVRONVS LVCEB
Edge
Plain
Mint
Luxembourg, Luxembourg (1026-1795)Comments
Weiller mentions 9 pieces, all kept in the medal cabinets of Brussels and Luxembourg.
Luxembourgish obol imitating the castle of the Tournois obol of Philip VI of Valois (1328 - 1350),
of type Dy#281 (Lafaurie 286). Coin almost identical to the L#142, only the legend of the obverse changes:
- L#141 WЄnCESLΛVS DVX (this coin)
- L#142 + WICELΛRDVS• DVX
The average weight of 7 pieces was 0.54 g.
Few known variants, the A of the obverse can have a central bar.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1353-1383) | |||||||||||||||
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