Brabant 1481 4 mite
This specimen was lot 1037 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €150 (about US$173 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Marie de Bourgogne (1477-1482), billon quatre mites de Brabant, 1481, Anvers. Sans différent. D/ Grande lettre M onciale. R/ Croix longue coupant la légende. Très rare. Trace de pliure. (duchy of Brabant, Mary of Burgundy, 1477-82, billon four mites of Brabant of 1481, Antwerp mint, without privy mark. Obverse: large uncial "M"; reverse: long cross divides the legend. Very rare, creased, Fine - Very Fine.)
Numista reports this as a one year type. Four mites made one-sixth of a groot or patard.
Recorded mintage: 166,425, per Numista.
Specification: 1.21 g, 0.036 fine silver, 22 mm diameter, this specimen is 1,43 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 47-1a; W. -; VH 63; Levinson II-58.
- 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.
- 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 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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