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Gros - Jobst of Moravia
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1388-1397 |
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| Diameter | 27 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a quartered shield bearing the combined arms of Luxembourg and Moravia: the first and fourth quarters carry the arms of Luxembourg, while the second and third quarters bear those of Moravia. The shield is set within a double-ribbed trilobe frame. The dynastic legend is contained between two pearled concentric circles, rendered in uncial Latin script. |
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| Reverse description | A long pattée cross extends to the border, dividing the field into four quarters and separating the concentric legends. The design features both an inner and an outer legend, each separated by a triple-beaded girdle, with the religious inscription occupying the outer circuit and the monetary attribution appearing in the inner register, all rendered in uncial Latin script. |
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Jobst of Moravia governed Luxembourg as margrave from 1388 following the pawning of the duchy by his cousin Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, who needed cash badly enough to hand over a duchy. Jobst proved a shrewd operator — he later acquired Brandenburg and was elected King of the Romans in 1410, dying just months before he could be crowned emperor. This gros belongs to his Luxembourg administration, a period when the duchy changed hands repeatedly as collateral in the dynastic finance games of the late Luxembourgish line.