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⅙ Gros - Wenceslaus I
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1353-1383 |
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| Currency | Florin (1353-1713) |
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| Obverse lettering | +BOEM` •W• DEI• GRA• LV`• DX (Translation: Bohemia, Wenceslaus I, by the grace of God, Duke of Luxembourg) |
| Reverse description | A small pattée cross at the center, its four quarters each containing a six-pointed perforated star. The central device is enclosed within a legend in Latin uncial script running between two pearled circles forming the inner and outer border. |
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Wenceslaus I ruled Luxembourg from 1353 until his death in 1383, a tenure that coincided with the duchy's increasing entanglement in the political orbit of the House of Luxembourg's imperial ambitions — his nephew was Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Small fractional gros of this type circulated alongside heavier denominations in a regional economy where Flemish and French monetary influences collided on the Moselle trade routes.
At 0.65g, these fractions were struck on notably thin flans, and surviving examples with full, uncracked planchets are considerably scarcer than the catalog numbers suggest.