Brabant 1476 briquet
This specimen was lot 997 in Jean Elsen sale 153 (Brussels, December 2022), where it sold for €170 (about US$215 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles le Téméraire (1467-1477), AR briquet, 1476, Anvers. D/ Lion assis à g., ten. l'écu de Bourgogne. R/ Croix fleuronnée. Rare. Légère faiblesse de frappe. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles the Bold, 1467-77, briquet of 1476, Antwerp mint. Obverse: seated lion to left, supporting the arms of Burgundy; reverse: floriate cross. Rare, slightly weakly struck, Very Fine.)"
The Antwerp mint, which operated until the 1750's, used a hand as its mintmark. Briquets, double briquets and half briquets were struck from the 1470's to the 1490's. This is one of the first coins to bear dates in Arabic numerals. This type was struck 1474-76.
Recorded mintage: secondd emission of March 1476 to October 1476 (likely mostly dated 1476), (estimated) 252,645.
Specification: 3.06 g, 0.399 fine silver, 27 mm diameter; this specimen is 3,02 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 35-1; W. 508; V.H. 49; Levinson II-23.
- 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 153, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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