Lausanne coins catalog with values

Bishopric of Lausanne

The episcopal throne was transferred to Lausanne from Avenches at the beginning of the 6th century.
It is known that in the 7th century Lausanne depended on the Archbishopric of Lyon and included the city of Solothurn with part of its possessions, part of the canton of Bern on the left bank of the Aar River, as well as Biel, part of the lands in Franche-Comté, the counties of Neuchâtel and Valangin, most of the canton of Vaud, the canton of Fribourg and the county of Gruyere.

From 1011 the bishops of Lausanne were counts of Vaud and as such were subject only to imperial authority.
In 1270 they received the status of princes of the Holy Roman Empire, but their secular power extended only to a small part of the diocese (the city of Lausanne itself and a few villages in other cantons), but many noble families were vassals of the bishop.

In 1481, upper Lausanne (the city) and lower Lausanne (the burg) united, giving the burghers more influence in civil affairs. Quarrels began between the town and the bishop. The city won new privileges and by the early 16th century was free from the suzerainty of the bishop.

During the Reformation, the cantons of Vaud, Neuchâtel and Bern broke away from the episcopate.
On March 31, 1536, the governor of Bern captured Lausanne and banned Catholicism. The bishop fled and the cathedral was turned over to the Swiss Reformed Church. The bishop's residence was restored only in 1614, but no longer in Lausanne, but in Fribourg, where it remains to this day.

 

 

Denar

Anonymous coinage

denar no date (13-14 century)
billon
CIVITAS EQSTRI
SEDES LAVSANE
Value - 40-50 USD

 

 

Sebastiano di Monfalcone (1517-1536)

denar no date
billon
MONETA LAVSANE
MONETA LAVSANE
Value - 20-30 USD

 

 

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