Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Provincial. Metz (évêché). Civic issues. 16th-17th centuries. AR Gros (24mm, 2.06 g, 1h). S STEPh' P ROThO m (quadrilobe), St. Étienne kneeling left; civic coat-of-arms of Metz to left and right; manus Dei above; star stops / (shield) BИDICTV' SIT nOmЄ' DИI nRI IhV XPI/GRO SSV S (rosette) m ETE, cross pattée; star in quarters; annulet stops. Cf. Robert p. 213, 4 (for type); Boudeau 1660; Roberts 8934. Near VF, toned, areas of weak strike, some spots of hard green.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.