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Teston - Leopold I simple arms, cartouche
| Issuer | Lorraine, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1716 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Duke Leopold I facing right, with long flowing curled wig rendered in high relief in the Baroque style. The effigy is uncrowned and unarmored, with a plain truncation. The circular Latin legend runs along the toothed border, reading LEOP · I · D · G · D · LOT · BA · REX · IE, identifying Leopold I by divine grace as Duke of Lorraine and Bar and King of Jerusalem. |
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| Obverse lettering | LEOP · I · D · G · D · LOT · BA · REX · IE (Translation: Leopold I, for God`s grace, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, King of Jerusalem.) |
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Leopold I rebuilt the Duchy of Lorraine from near-total ruin after the French occupation that had lasted, with brief interruptions, from 1634 through the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697. When he finally returned to Nancy, the ducal mint had been essentially dormant for decades and the local coinage infrastructure required wholesale reconstruction. This teston belongs to the monetary reorganization that followed, as Leopold worked to reassert ducal authority through a functioning independent currency.
The "simple arms" designation distinguishes this type from Leopold's more elaborate quartered issues — a meaningful administrative choice, not a minor variant.