Brabant (1468-74) 2 patards
This specimen was lot 1445 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €110 (about US$157 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles le Téméraire (1467-1477), AR double patard, 1468-1474, Louvain. D/ Ecu de Bourgogne. R/ Croix fleuronnée, un lion en coeur. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles the Rash, 1467-77, undated silver double patard, Louvain mint. Obverse: arms of Burgundy; reverse: floriate cross with a lion at the center. Very Fine.)"
Charles the Rash was killed in battle in 1477, leaving a daughter, Mary. Her marriage to Maximilian of Austria brought the Hapsburgs to Brabant.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3,10 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 23-1; W. 503; V.H. 32. Roberts-7825.
- 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 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
Links to:
- (1466-67) 4 mites, Louvain mint, Philip the Good
- (1466-67) double patard
- (1466-67) florin d'or de Bourgogne, Louvain mint
- Flanders (1466-67) dubbele stuiver, Philip the Good
- Flanders (1467-74) dubbele groot vierlander, Charles the Rash
- (1468-74) mite, Louvain mint, Charles the Bold
- (1468-74) double gros vierlander
- 1489 double patard
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