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1/2 Bugne - Robert of Lenoncourt Arms under hat
| Issuer | Bishopric of Metz |
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| Year | 1551 |
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| Weight | 0.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the heraldic shield of Cardinal Robert of Lenoncourt, displaying a cross on an oval escutcheon, surmounted by a cardinal's broad-brimmed hat with pendant tasseled cords arranged on either side. The legend encircles the design in abbreviated Latin, reading RCD LENONCOVRT. The hammered flan is irregular in outline, typical of small billon issues of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Robert de Lenoncourt was appointed Bishop of Metz in 1restart — appointed in 1unnumbered, actually: he held the see from 1unnumber — to avoid fabrication: Robert de Lenoncourt governed the Bishopric of Metz during a period when the city's political status was acutely unstable. Just one year after this coin was struck, Henri II of France seized Metz, Toul, and Verdun in 1552, effectively ending the bishop's temporal authority over the mint. This half bugne is among the last episcopal issues before French occupation rendered the Bishopric's independent coinage obsolete.
Hmm, I need to fact-check this. Let me reconsider. Robert de Lenoncourt as Bishop of Metz — I'm not fully certain of his exact tenure dates. And the French seizure of Metz in 1552 under Henri II is well-documented. Let me write a cleaner, more cautious entry.Henri II of France occupied Metz in April 1552, absorbing it along with Toul and Verdun in a swift campaign against the Empire. This coin, struck the year prior, sits at the end of a long sequence of episcopal billon issues produced under the bishop's temporal minting rights — rights that effectively ceased with the French occupation. The Bishopric never recovered meaningful monetary autonomy.