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1/3 Gros - Wenceslaus I Luxembourg-Trèves mint
| Issuer | Duchy of Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1359-1362 |
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| Currency | Florin (1353-1713) |
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| Obverse lettering | +W₀ DVX₀ ET₀ BOEM`₀ ARChP |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg struck this fractional issue during a period when the duchy was actively expanding its monetary infrastructure to facilitate trade with the Moselle valley and the Rhineland. The Trèves (Trier) mint location was not incidental — Wenceslaus held the archbishopric of Trier through his close dynastic ties, and co-opting episcopal minting infrastructure for ducal silver was a deliberate political maneuver rather than administrative convenience.
The one-third gros denomination placed this coin in direct competition with similar fractional issues from neighboring Lorraine and Bar, all circulating in the same river-market economy simultaneously.