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Gros - Wenceslas II 2nd reign
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1411-1412 |
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| Weight | 2.53 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | A long plain cross pattée extending to the inner beaded circle divides the field into four quadrants, each containing a six-pointed star with a small central rosette; the quadrants are further decorated with additional smaller mullets or star ornaments in the Gothic manner. A beaded inner circle separates the central cross design from the peripheral uncial legend. The bold, elongated cross is characteristic of the gros denomination as struck at the Luxembourg City Mint in the early fifteenth century. The overall design follows the established typology of contemporary Low Countries and Rhenish gros coinage. |
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Wenceslas II's second reign over Luxembourg was brief and politically turbulent — he had already been deposed once, and his return to power came through the tangled dynastic maneuvering of the House of Luxembourg rather than any broad popular or military support. This gros, struck across little more than a single year, reflects that instability in its rarity. Surviving examples are scarce precisely because the issuing authority collapsed before the type could circulate widely.