FRANCE, Provincial. Metz (évêché). temp. Gaston Henri de Bourbon. 1612-1652. AR Taler (42mm, 28.37 g, 5h). Dated 1639. Coat-of-arms within floral polylobe with lis at cusps / Nimbate bust of St. Stephen left. Boudeau 1673; Davenport 5583; KM 27 (German States). Light marks and hairlines, metal flaws. VF.
Ex William R. Windsor Collection (Jackson's, 19 March 2002), lot 1207.