Brabant 1476 2 briquet
This specimen was lot 437 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €160 (about US$208 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles le Téméraire (1467-1477), AR double briquet, 1476, Anvers. D/ Deux lions assis et affrontés. Entre leurs t., un briquet. R/ Ecu de Bourgogne sur une croix fleuronnée. presque Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles the Bold, 1467-77, silver double briquet of 1476, Antwerp mint. Obverse: two lions seating, facing each other, a firesteel between them; reverse: arms of Burgundy over a floriate cross. About Very Fine.)"
Maria was the daughter of Charles the Rash and the heiress to his domain between France and Germany. She was duchess of Burgundy, Brabant, Limburg, Luxemburg and Guelders and countess of Flanders, Artois, Hainaut, Holland, Zeeland, Namur and Zutphen and the most desirable match of her day. Marie's marriage to Maximilian of Hapsburg brought Hapsburg rule to the Low Countries. This type was struck in large numbers 1477-81.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.06 g, 0.799 fie silver, 27 mm diameter, this specimen 3,00 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 34-1; W. 507; VH 48; Levinson II-22.
- Levinson, Robert, The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500: An Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to dated medieval coinage. Clifton, NJ: Coin & Currency Institute, 2007.
- 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 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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