Brabant (1329-37) 1/2 gros
This specimen was lot 1080 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €170 (about US$215 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Jean III (1312-1355), AR demi-gros à l'écu, 1329-1337, Louvain. D/ + IOHES: DVX: BRABA': ET: LEB' Ecu écartelé de Brabant-Limbourg entre six tiges de trèfle. R/ + MO-NET-A: NO-VA Croix pattée cantonnée de L-O-V-A. Belle patine. Très Beau. Provient de la collection Genaert, Künker, Osnabrück, vente 307, 18 juin, 105. (duchy of Brabant, John III, 1312-55, silver half groat of the shield, Louvain mint. Obverse: quartered arms of Brabant and Limburg surrounded by six trefoils; reverse: cross pattée cantonned with "L-O-V-A". Nice patina, 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: silver, this specimen is 2,06 g.
Catalog reference: Ghyssens p. 12, 4; W. 341.
- 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 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
Link to:
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- (1337) gros au châtel brabançon, Jean III
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- (1338) chaise d'or à l'écu
- (1339) gros au lion, Jean III
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