Brabant 1503(s) 2 patards
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This specimen was lot 1126 in Aureo y Calicó sale 447 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 255 € (about US$333 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1503. Felipe el Hermoso (Philip the Handsome). Maestricht. Double patard. Scarce. MBC- [about very fine]." This type was struck at Namur 1499-1503, Antwerp 1499-1506 and at Maastricht (shown here) 1500-06. The reverse legend reads, "MONETA ✶ FACTA ✶ TRAIECTI ✶ IN ✶ VROEHOF ✶ 1503". The Namur and Antwerp products have different reverse legends.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.06 g, 0.639 fine silver, 28.5 mm diameter, this specimen 2.91 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 119-2, Vti. missing, Vanhoudt 151.MA.
- 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismatica 447, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
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