Beschreibung
Erhaltung: vz | Abkürzungen
Katalognummer: Höchst
Durchmesser: 22,00 mm
weight 3,42gr. | gold Ø 22mm.
obv. Saint John with cross tipped sceptre, his right hand in a blessing
position, cross below, within plain and dotted circle, surrounded by
the legend IOhIS ARPVS MAGVT
rev. Five arms within double lined quatrefoil, rosettes on the
connection points of the arches, dots between the arches, in circle,
surrounded by the legend MONETA OPIDI IN hOISTSI Variety with HOEISTSI (normally HOEISTEN).
Höchst (formerly Höchst am Main) nowadays is a part of Frankfurt am Main, in Hessen. Höchst is first mentioned in 790 as Hostat (meaning high site or high place). The village developed in the West the Justinuschurch on both sides of the old main street. It belonged to electoral Mainz, the territory of the Archbishop of Mainz. The wheel of Mainz in the coat of arms of the district reminds us. On February 11, 1355 the village Hoisten received its town privileges by emperor Charles IV. In a charter dated January 12, 1356 Charles IV gave additional privileges to Höchst including the right to hold markets every Tuesday. In the middle-age city part, most of the timber framed houses stem from the period after the major fire in 1586. On the reverse of this coin we can read MONETA OPIDI IN HOIESTSI (coin of the settlement in Hoesten). Normally the legend reads HOEISTEN instead of HOIESTSI, so this is a very remarkable variety. This variety seems to be unpublished. Extremely rare.
Friedberg 1617var. | Felke 631var. RRR
xf
