Brabant (1466-67) 4 mites
This specimen was lot 983 in Jean Elsen sale 153 (Brussels, December 2022), where it sold for €260 (about US$329 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe le Bon (1430-1467), Cu quatre mites de Brabant, s.d. (1466-1467), Louvain. D/ Armes de Bourgogne en plein champ. R/ Croix longue chargée de l'écusson de Louvain. Très rare. Beau à Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip the Good, 1430-67, undated copper four mites of Brabant, Louvain mint. Obverse: arms of Burgundy in a plain field; reverse: long cross charged with the shield of Louvain. Very 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: copper or very base silver; this specimen is 1,55 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 18-1c; W. 494; V.H. 26.
- 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 153, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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