Luxembourg Gros - Elisabeth of Görlitz, 1433 – 1443

Gros - Elisabeth of Görlitz from Luxembourg. Issued from 1433 to 1443. Struck in Silver. Measures 27 mm and weighs 2.57 g.

Obverse

Large eagle with outstretched wings, head on the left, cutting the legend at 12 o'clock, the talons on the quarterly shield of Bavarian-Palatinate to dexter and on the Luxembourgish shield to the lion crawling to the left on a field of five pieces sinister. The two crowns divide the legend. Legend between two pearled circles. (Elisabeth of Görlitz, by the grace of god, duchess in Bavaria and Luxembourg)

Reverse

Leafy, triple-veined, long cross, dividing the legend and surrounded by a double-veined quadrilobe, decorated with outward-angled leaves and rosettes with re-entrant angles. Legend between two pearled circles. (New currency of Luxembourg)

Edge

Smooth