Luxembourg, John of Bohemia, lion gros
Also known as: Luxemburgse leeuwengroot van Jan van Bohemen, 1309-1346
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1309 - 1346
Silver coin. Obverse: rampant lion facing left within an inscription and a decorative border of 12 escutcheons, one of which contains a small lion. Reverse: demi-long cross with feet.
Double inscription, inner inscription: +IO-HAN-NES-REX. Minted in Poilvache [?]. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2726; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.7 cm x weight 3.39 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 2,7 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 3,39 g · diameter 2.7 cm x weight 3.39 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.7 cm x weight 3.39 g
Design
- Obverse
- rampant lion facing left within an inscription and a decorative border of 12 escutcheons, one of which contains a small lion.
- Reverse
- demi-long cross with feet. Double inscription, inner inscription: +IO-HAN-NES-REX. Minted in Poilvache [?]
Identification
- Original title
- Luxemburg, Jan van Bohemen, leeuwengroot
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-2726
- Museum classification
- coin
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