Brabant 1479 briquet

Goldberg sale 75, lot 4102

This specimen was lot 4102 in Goldberg sale 75 (Los Angeles, September 2013), where it sold for $391. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Belgium. Briquet, 1479. Brabant. Mint: Antwerp. Marie of Burgundy. Softly struck. Toned. NGC graded AU-53." Marie's marriage to Maximilian of Hapsburg brought Hapsburg rule to the Low Countries.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Lev-II-39.

Source:

• 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Jason Villareal and Steven Harvey, Goldberg Sale 75: the pre-Long Beach Sale, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.

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