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Teston
| Issuer | Metz, City of |
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| Year | 1590-1611 |
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| Weight | 9.0 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-length standing figure of Saint Stephen, patron of the Cathedral of Metz, shown facing front in ecclesiastical robes with a nimbus (halo) around his head, holding a palm frond — the traditional martyr's attribute — in his right hand. The figure is framed within a large oval or vesica-shaped decorative border. The date, when present, appears in the exergue below the saint. The surrounding legend S. STEPHA PROTHOM (Saint Stephen, Protomartyr) is distributed around the border in Latin capitals, consistent with the devotional iconography of Lotharingian civic coinage of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Metz City Mint |
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