Brabant 1500 2 patards
This specimen was lot 738 in Jean Elsen sale 149 (Brussels, December 2021), where it sold for €60 (about US$81 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AR double patard, 1500, Anvers. D/ Ecu couronné d'Autriche-Bourgogne. R/ Croix fleuronnée, un lion en coeur. Double frappe. presque Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, silver double patard of 1500, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned arms of Austria and Burgundy, reverse: floriate cross with a lion at the center. Double struck, about Very Fine.)"
At this time, the Hapsburgs were consolidating their hold on the Low Countries, a process that would not be completed until emperor Charles V obtained the holdings of the bishop of Utrecht in the 1520's. Unfortunately, at the same time, Protestantism was spreading in the Netherlands, ripping apart the Hapsburgs' hoped-for unity. This type was struck at Namur 1499-1503, Antwerp 1499-1506 (shown here) and at Maastricht 1500-06. The reverse legend reads, "OMNIS+SPIRITVS+LAVDET+DOMINV+ANO+D 1500". The Namur and Maastricht products have different reverse legends.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.06 g, 0.639 fine silver, 28.5 mm diameter, this specimen 2,82 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 119-1; W. 609; V.H. 151; Levinson II-153b.
- 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 149: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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