Brabant 1508 patard
This specimen was lot 649 in Jean Elsen sale 161 (Brussels, March 2025), where it sold for €130 (about US$169 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AR patard, 1508, Anvers. Avec date fautive 1058. D/ Écu couronné d'Autriche-Bourgogne. R/ Croix longue sur un quadrilobe, un lion en coeur. Très rare. (duchy of Brabant, Charles V, 1506-55, silver patard of 1508, Antwerp mint, with erroneous date 1058. Obverse: crowned arms of Austria and Burgundy; reverse: long cross over a quadrilobe, a lion at the center. Very rare, 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. This type was struck 1508 and 1513 at Antwerp and 1512-15 at Maastricht. It was also known as a sol (French) or stuiver (Dutch). It was the same weight as the double petard but lower in fineness.
Recorded mintage: 4,356,528 combined of 1508 and 1513.
Specification: 3.06 g, 0.319 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, this specimen is 2,54 g.
Catalog reference: G.H., Suppl.), 172-1b; W. -; VH 203.
- 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 161, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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