Brabant 1512(h) 2 patards
This specimen was lot 1122 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €65 (about US$82 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AR double patard, 1512, Anvers. D/ Ecu couronné d'Autriche-Bourgogne, dans un polylobe. R/ Croix fleuronnée, un lion en coeur. Différent: croisette. Légère faiblesse de frappe. presque Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles V, 1506-55, silver double patard of 1512, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy within a polylobe; reverse: floriate cross, a lion at the center, crosslet privy mark. Slightly weakly struck, about very fine.)"
This type was struck 1506-14. The reverse motto, "OMNIS ✶SPIRITVS ✶LAVDET ✶ DOMINO", translates as "Every spirit praises the Lord".
Recorded mintage: 2,778,900 for 1506-14.
Specification: 3.10 g, 0.639 fine silver, 29 mm diameter, this specimen is 3,02 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 171-1b; W. 635; VH 202.
- 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.
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