Brabant (1384) 1/2 gros
This specimen was lot 727 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €180 (about US$251 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Jeanne, veuve (1383-1406), AR demi-gros rozebeker, s.d. (1384), Louvain. Frappé en convention avec Philippe le Hardi. D/ Écus accolés de Brabant-Limbourg et de Flandre-Bourgogne, sous une couronne de roses. Trois fleurs dans le champ. R/ Écu de Brabant sur une croix fleuronnée, formée de huit têtes de dragon. Très rare. Ébréché. Beau à Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, widow Jeanne, 1383-1406, undated silver half gros, circa 1384, struck in accordance with the convention with Philip the Bold. Obverse: joint arms of Brabant-Limburg and Flanders-Burgundy under a crown of roses; reverse: arms of Brabant over a floriate cross formed of eight dragon's heads. Very rare, edge crack, Fine - Very Fine.)"
The auctioneers mention a convention signed with Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy and count of Flanders, unifying their coinage with that of Brabant. Following Jeanne's death, aged 84, the rights to the duchy of Brabant passed to her great-nephew Anthony of Burgundy.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1 g, billon; this specimen 0,91 g.
Catalog reference: Ghyssens p. 17, 1; W. 415.
- 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 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
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