Brabant 1489 2 patards
This specimen was lot 546 in Jean Elsen sale 141 (Brussels, June 2019), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,253 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AR double patard, 1489, Anvers. Au titre de Maximilien de Habsbourg, roi des Romains. D/ (lion) MAXIMILIAN REX ROMANO PATER I89 Dans un trilobe, l'écu couronné du Saint Empire. R/ (couronne) PHI ARCHIDVCIS AVSTRIE BVRG' BRAB' (main) Ecu d'Autriche-Bourgogne posé sur une croix fleuronnée. Extrêmement rare. Très Beau. Provient de la collection Symoens et de notre vente 117, 15 juin 2013, 873. (duchy of Brabant, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, silver double patard of 1489, Antwerp mint. Struck in the name of Maximilian as king of Rome. Obverse: crowned arms of the empire in a quadrilobe; reverse: arms of Austria-Burgundy over a floriate cross. Extremely rare, Very Fine.)"
The hand mintmark for Antwerp may be found on the reverse after the word "BRAB".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3,55 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 83-1; W. 577; Levinson II-111; V.H. 107.
- 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 141, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.
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