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The coinage arranged by the duke it is attributed to, from Matthew II to Leopold.
3 of 21 reigns catalogued so far. Where an attribution is disputed, the type appears under every duke claimed for it, with the case for each.
Matthew II r. 1220–1251
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Denier of Nancy: horseman and eagle
The one Nancy issue whose attribution needs no scaffolding: an armed horseman with a Gothic M beneath, and an imperial eagle on the reverse. Highly various, as a mint working continuously for a quarter-century would be.
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Denier of Thionville: horseman and cross
Among the rarest coins in the series, and the most precisely datable: struck during a possession lasting little more than a year, 1225–1226.
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Denier of Lunéville: horseman and eagle
The galloping horseman covering himself with his shield, and a reverse recorded as LINIVIL or LINIVILE. The reading has occasionally been claimed for Ligniville rather than Lunéville.
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Denier of Sierck: horseman and eagle shield
An armed horseman galloping right, with a shield charged with an eagle on the reverse. Saulcy places it between Matthew II's ordinary coinage and the earliest issues of his son, at roughly 1247–1251.
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Denier of Sierck: horseman and cross pattée attribution contested
The catalogue's central attribution dispute. Given to Matthew II by Saulcy and to Ferry III by modern catalogues, with neither side holding conclusive evidence. Recorded here as open.
Ferry III r. 1251–1303
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Denier of Nancy: FERRI above the shield
The earliest pieces conventionally given to Ferry III: his name above the shield of Lorraine, and a cross with fleurs-de-lis in the lower quarters. Light, thin, and usually struck a little off-centre.
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Denier of Nancy: horseman and shield
The visual change that would define Lorraine money for the rest of the medieval period: the static shield gives way to an armed horseman, and the shield migrates to the reverse.
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Denier of Nancy: horseman, arm and sword
The principal type of the reign, struck over many years and surviving in a vast array of minor varieties. On many specimens the sword stands alone in the field, without the arm the series is named for.
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Denier of Nancy: the duke on foot
One type stands apart: the duke on foot, covering himself with his shield. Reassigned from Ferry IV on the evidence of a dated imitation, and placed at roughly 1300–1303.
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Denier of Sierck: horseman and cross pattée attribution contested
The catalogue's central attribution dispute. Given to Matthew II by Saulcy and to Ferry III by modern catalogues, with neither side holding conclusive evidence. Recorded here as open.
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Denier of Neufchâteau: horseman, arm and sword
A close relative of the Nancy sword type, with a fleur-de-lis beneath the horse, struck on a noticeably lighter standard than its Nancy cousins.
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Denier of Neufchâteau: control mark A or AI
A distinct subseries replacing the fleur-de-lis beneath the horse with an A between dots, or the ligatured letters AI. The types are well attested; only the reading of the letters remains open.
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Denier of Mirecourt: horseman and sword
The lightest coins of the reign, following the established formula but with an unusually unstable reverse legend: MVRICORT, MERICORT, MYRICORT.
Thibaut II r. 1303–1312
No types catalogued yet.
Ferry IV r. 1312–1329
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Denier of Nancy: the duke on foot earlier attribution
One type stands apart: the duke on foot, covering himself with his shield. Reassigned from Ferry IV on the evidence of a dated imitation, and placed at roughly 1300–1303.
Raoul r. 1328–1346
No types catalogued yet.
John I r. 1346–1390
No types catalogued yet.
Charles II r. 1390–1431
No types catalogued yet.
Isabella and René I r. 1431–1453
No types catalogued yet.
John II r. 1453–1470
No types catalogued yet.
Nicholas I r. 1470–1473
No types catalogued yet.
René II r. 1473–1508
No types catalogued yet.
Antoine r. 1508–1544
No types catalogued yet.
Francis I r. 1544–1545
No types catalogued yet.
Charles III r. 1545–1608
No types catalogued yet.
Henry II r. 1608–1624
No types catalogued yet.
Nicole r. 1624–1625
No types catalogued yet.
Francis II r. 1625–1625
No types catalogued yet.
Charles IV r. 1625–1675
No types catalogued yet.
Nicholas II r. 1634–1634
No types catalogued yet.
Charles V r. 1675–1690
No types catalogued yet.
Leopold r. 1690–1729
No types catalogued yet.