Brabant 1483 briquet
This specimen was lot 1114 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €480 (about US$608 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AR briquet, 1483, Anvers. D/ Lion assis à g., ten. l'écu d'Autriche-Bourgogne. R/ Croix fleuronnée. Rare. Faiblesse de frappe. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, silver briquet of 1483, Antwerp mint. obverse: lion seated left, bearing the arms of Austria-Burgundy; reverse: floriate cross, Rare, weakly struck, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1482-85 and is a very early dated coin.
Recorded mintage: 577,285.
Specification: 3.06 g, 0.399 fine silver, 28 mm diameter, this specimen is 2,64 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 53-1b; W. 543; VH 71; Levinson II-69.
- 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 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
Link to:
- Brabant 1482 briquet, Philip the Fair
- 1483 double briquet
- 1489 patard, Antwerp mint
- Brabant 1492 briquet, Philip the Fair
- Coins and currency dated 1483