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LORRAINE: AE medal (38.74g), ND (ca. 1730). UNC

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LORRAINE: AE medal (38.74g), ND (ca. 1730). UNC
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LORRAINE: AE medal (38.74g), ND (ca. 1730), Beaupré-4, Lepage-22, Forrer V, pg. 310, cf. 23, 47mm bronze medal for Gérard d'Alsace by Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain, lion walking left holding scepter in mouth with E .FORTI. FORTITVDO. on banner above // GERARDVS. II. / SARRAGOVIAE COMES/ FILIVS ADALBERTI. / ARMIS POTENS ET STRENVVS. / GISELAM FREDERICI. II. / COMITIS LVXEMBVRG. FILIAM / CONRADI SALICI IMPERATORIS / NEPOTEM DVXIT VXOREM. / ET OBIIT ANNO. MXXXXVI. / QVI GERARDI ALSATII / PRIMI DVCIS HEREDITARII / LOTHARINGIAE / FVIT PATER., brown, hints of red, plain edge, Unc. Gérard d'Alsace (1030-1070) was lord of Châtenois, then duke of Lorraine from 1048 to 1070. He married Hedwige of Namur (1030-1075) in 1055. This medal belongs to a series struck by Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain at Nancy, representing the dukes and duchesses of Lorraine.