FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL Alsace, bishoprics of Strasbourg and Metz, Charles of Lorraine (1593-1607). Teston or third of a thaler 1605, Strasbourg. Av. * CAROL. D: G. CARD. LOTH. EP. SILVER. ET. MET. Left bust of the prelate, below (date). Rv. ALSAS. LANGRA. Shield of arms of Charles of Lorraine surmounted by a cross and the attributes of a cardinal. Wendling II/E/z/41 - EL.238 v. - Bd.1322 ; Silver - 9,4 g - 30,5 mm - 12 h NGC AT 50 (6633192-047). The date is probably 1605 with the last digit in the form of a comma (or 7 reversed). Grey and black patina, with some minor scratches in the fields. TTB to Superb. With on the reverse a shield quartered in 1 of the bishopric of Strasbourg; in 2 and 3, cut in a: gone to the I of Hungary, to the II of Naples, to the III of Jerusalem, to the IV of Aragon, cut in b: gone to the I of Anjou, to the II of Gueldre, to the III of Juliers, to the IV of Bar; in 4 of the lower Landgraviate; and on the whole of Lorraine.