Brabant (1458-59) 2 mite
This specimen was lot 1562 in Jean Elsen sale 152 (Brussels, September 2022), where it sold for €75 (about US$91 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe le Bon (1430-1467), billon double mite de Brabant, 1458-1459, Malines. D/ Armes de Bourgogne en plein champ. R/ Croix pattée courte. Rare. Beau à Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip the Good, 1430-67, billon double mite of Brabant, 1458-59, Malines mint. Obverse: arms of Burgundy in a plain field; reverse: short cross pattée. Rare, Fine - Very Fine.)"
Roberts comments, "The mite of Flanders was valued at 1/24 gros or 1/8 of an English penny.... The mite of Brabant was valued at only 1/36 gros, making its 4-mite piece 1/3 of a penny."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 0,77 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 19-1a; W. 490; V.H. 20.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- van Gelder, H. Enno, and Marcel Hoc, Les Monnaies des pays-Bas Bourguignons et Espagnols, 1434-1713, Amsterdam, J. Schulman, 1960, with supplement of 1964.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 152: Collection Ferdy Willems, Celtic coins, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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