Brabant (1339) gros
This specimen was lot 1086 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €75 (about US$95 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Jean III (1312-1355), AR gros au lion (compagnon), décembre 1339. D/ Lion rampant à g. sous une aigle éployée. Bordure de douze feuilles et d'un lion. R/ Croix pattée coupant la légende intérieure. Légère faiblesse de frappe. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, John III, 1312-55, silver groat of the lion, emission of December 1339. Obverse: lion rampant left under an eagle displayed, with a border of a dozen leaves and a lion; reverse: cross pattée divides the inside legend. Slightly weakly struck, 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 3,33 g.
Catalog reference: Ghyssens p. 13, 7; W. 359; Ghyssens, RBN (1974), 177, IVh.
- 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:
- (1329-37) demi-gros à l'écu, Jean III
- (1329-37) esterlin, Jean III
- (1332-34) halve groot, Lodewijk van Nevers
- (1337) gros au châtel brabançon, Jean III
- Brabant (1338) 1/2 gros au type anglais, Jean III, Antwerp mint
- (1338) chaise d'or à l'écu
- (1343-44) chaise d'or
- Brabant (1344) gros au quadrilobe, Jean III
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