Brabant (1312-55) gros
This specimen was lot 617 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €200 (about US$257 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Jean III (1312-1355), gros au saint Pierre en billon noir, Louvain. D/ Dans un polylobe, b. de saint Pierre ten. une clé, au-dessus de l'écu écartelé de Brabant-Limbourg. R/ Croix fleuronnée. En fin de légende: ARCIO au lieu de MARCIO. Très Beau. Provient de notre liste 88, avril 1986, 338. (duchy of Brabant, John III, 1312-55, gros of St. Peter in black billon, Louvain mint. Obverse: within a polylobe, St. Peter holds up a key, below, the quartered arms of Brabant and Limburg; reverse: floriate cross, "ARCIO" at the end of the legend. Very fine.)"
Jean III succeeded to the duchies of Brabant and Limburg in 1312, when he was twelve years old. Altho neighboring Flanders was economically tied to Brabant, it was ruled by a separate dynasty. Jean's line fell extinct in 1406 and the duchy became a Valois appanage.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen is 3,48 g.
Catalog reference: Ghyssens p. 14, 11; W. 357 var.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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