Brabant (1420-21) 1/2 gros
This specimen was lot 1105 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €240 (about US$304 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Jean IV (1415-1427), AR demi-gros (quart de drielander), 1420-1421, Bruxelles. Au titre de comte de Hainaut, de Hollande et de Zélande. D/ Dans un polylobe orné de lis, les écus inclinés de Brabant-Bourgogne et de Hainaut. En dessous, un lis. R/ Croix pattée cantonnée de deux fleurs de lis et de deux lions. En légende intérieure: + MONET: FCA: BRVX. Très rare. Fine fêlure. presque Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, John IV, 1415-27, silver half groat or quarter drielander, circa 1420-21, Brussels mint, with the title of count of Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland. Obverse: within a polylobe decorated with lilies, the inclined shields of Brabant and Burgundy and Hainaut, a lily below; reverse: cross pattée cantonned with two fleurs-de-lys and two lions. Very rare, fine crack, about very fine.)"
The duke also issued groats and double groats.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen is 0,85 g.
Catalog reference: W. 448.
- 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.
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