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Liard - Anthony
| Issuer | Lorraine, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1508-1544 |
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| Currency | Pound |
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| Obverse description | A downward-pointing sword superimposed upon a horizontal fess charged with three alerions, forming the arms of the Duchy of Lorraine, centered within a beaded inner circle. The heraldic charge is rendered in a bold, stylized manner characteristic of early sixteenth-century hammered billon coinage. The surrounding field carries the ducal legend in uncial Latin script, interrupted by pellet or annulet stops. The overall design is contained within an irregular, slightly buckled flan typical of the hammered technique employed at the Nancy mint during this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Anthony of Lorraine ruled through a period of near-constant military pressure, most acutely during the Peasants' War of 1525, when his forces crushed the rebel army at Lupstein and Saverne, killing tens of thousands. The liard was the workhorse small change of northeastern French-speaking lands throughout this period — billon issues like this one circulated hard and wore fast, which makes cleaner survivors genuinely scarce.