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Groschen - John I Sierck, shield
| Issuer | Lorraine, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1348-1390 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the heraldic shield of Lorraine — featuring the traditional bend of alerions — set within a Gothic hexalobe border with ornate trefoil cusping and decorative spandrels. The surrounding legend, which opens with a crossed-swords symbol serving as the initial mark, runs in Gothic minuscule lettering along the outer margin. The overall design reflects the Gothic artistic conventions of mid-fourteenth-century Lotharingian coinage, with careful attention to heraldic accuracy in the rendering of the ducal arms. |
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| Reverse description | A short cross pattée occupies the central field, its arms expanding toward a plain inner circle. The design is framed by a double concentric legend arrangement: the inner legend, introduced by a crossed-swords initial mark, identifies the coin as the monetary issue of Sierck, while the outer legend carries the pious invocation in Gothic minuscule. The lettering style is consistent with fourteenth-century ecclesiastical epigraphy, and the double-legend format is characteristic of Lotharingian gros coinage of this period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1348-1390) |
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