German States / France, Alsace. Metz, bishopric. Robert of Leoncourt. 1551-1553. AR bunge (?) (18.35 mm, 1.04 g, 11 h). *S STEPHEN [...]METEN, St. Stephen nimbate and with cross above head, kneeling left, holding book and raising hand in benediction; all within dotted circular border / MET | ENS | M[...] | EPI |, limbs of long cross potent interrupt reverse legend, star in each quadrant within an inner dotted border. Rob. 8930; Bou 1652. aVF, original toning, area of weakness affects legends.
Alsace passed back and forth between France and bordering German states dozens of times as a prize of war