Brabant 1482 briquet
This specimen was lot 1015 in Jean Elsen sale 153 (Brussels, December 2022), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,138 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AR briquet, 1482, Anvers. D/ Lion assis à g., ten. l'écu d'Autriche-Bourgogne. R/ Croix fleuronnée. Très rare. Beau à Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, silver briquet of 1482, Antwerp mint. Obverse: lion seated left, supporting the arms of Austria-Burgundy; reverse: floriate cross. Very rare, Fine - 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.
Recorded mintage: 203,520.
Specification: 3.06 g, 0.399 fine silver, 28 mm diameter; this specimen is 3,06 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 53-1b; W. 543; V.H. 71; Levinson II-65a.
- 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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