Brabant (1338) chaise d'or Fr-4
This specimen was lot 414 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,641 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Jean III (1312-1355), AV chaise d'or à l'écu, à partir de novembre 1338, Anvers. Au titre de Louis de Bavière, empereur (1317-1347). D/ L'empereur trônant de f. dans une stalle gothique, ten. une épée et l'écu impérial. R/ Croix fleuronnée dans un quadrilobe orné de fleurons. Très Beau à Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, John III, 1312-55, gold chair, struck after November 1338, Antwerp mint, in the name of emperor Louis of Bavaria. Obverse: the enthroned emperor facing under a Gothic dais, holding a sword and the imperial arms; reverse: floriate cross within a quadrilobe. Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
This coin is also catalogued as Fr-176 in the Bavarian series but it was manufactured and used in Brabant.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 4,46 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-4, Ghyssens p. 13, 6; W. 375; Delm-223.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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