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Gros - Wenceslaus I Luxembourg-Trèves mint
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1359-1362 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central quartered shield bearing the arms of Trier in the first and fourth quarters, Bohemia in the second, and Luxembourg in the third, enclosed within a six-lobed double-rib epicycloid frame. The shield is set within the field with the legend arranged between two pearled circles. The inscription runs continuously around the periphery in Latin uncial characters, naming both Wenceslaus I as Duke and the Archbishop of Trier as co-issuing authority. |
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| Reverse lettering | SOCII₀ IST`₀ MOnETE₀ FCE₀ LVCEBVRG` (Translation: Socii istius monetae factae in Lucemburgo Solidarity money struck in Luxembourg) |
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Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, struck these gros during a period when Luxembourg's monetary policy was deeply entangled with the politics of the Holy Roman Empire — Wenceslaus himself was the father of Emperor Charles IV, a relationship that shaped both the duchy's territorial ambitions and its coinage arrangements. The Trèves (Trier) mint attribution is significant: operating within the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Trier required negotiated minting rights, and coins produced there reflect a moment of unusual cross-territorial cooperation.
The three-year window of 1359–1362 corresponds to active maneuvering by Wenceslaus to consolidate Luxembourg's economic footing ahead of its elevation to a duchy in 1354 — itself secured partly through Charles IV's imperial influence.