Brabant (1382) 1/2 gros
This specimen was lot 629 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Jeanne et Wenceslas (1355-1383), AR demi-gros au lion, janvier 1382, Louvain. D/ + MONETA BRABA'•. Lion rampant à g. Bordure de onze trèfles et un lion. R/ + WENCESL DEI GRA LVCENB BRAB DVX Croix pattée coupant la légende intérieure: I-O DV-C': LO-T BR-AB˟. Rare. Belle patine. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Jeanne and Wenceslas, 1355-83, half gros of the lion, January 1382. Louvain mint. Obverse: lion rampant left in a border of eleven trefoils and a lion; reverse: a cross pattée divides the interior legend. Rare, nice patina, very fine.)"
Jeanne (1322-1406) was duchess of Brabant from 1355. She married Wenceslas of Luxembourg in 1356 but the pair were ejected from Brabant by Louis II of Flanders. Wenceslas went off to fight his neighbors in Germany and Jeanne was eventually restored to Brabant. Louis' daughter Margaret married the duke of Burgundy. On Jeanne's death in 1406, the duchy passed to Margaret's son Antoine of Burgundy, uniting the provinces of Flanders and Brabant.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen is 1,09 g.
Catalog reference: Ghyssens p. 16, 8; W. 406.
- 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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