½ Gros - Elisabeth of Görlitz (widow of John of Bavaria)
Country: Luxembourg (Duchy)
Denomination: 1/2 Gros
Year: (1433-1443)
Material: Silver
Weight: 1.45 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 22.37 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: luxembourg duchy
Description:
Obverse
Large eagle with outstretched wings, head to the left, dividing the legend at 12 o'clock. The talons hold a quartered coat of arms of Bavaria-Palatinate on the right and on the left the Luxembourgish shield with the rampant lion crawlingon a field of six pieces. The two crowns divide the legend. Legend between two pearled circles.
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.
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