Brabant 1513 2 patards
This specimen was lot 552 in Jean Elsen sale 141 (Brussels, June 2019), where it sold for €70 (about US$93 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AR double patard, 1513, Anvers. D/ Ecu couronné d'Autriche-Bourgogne, dans un polylobe. R/ Croix fleuronnée, un lion en coeur. Différent: couronne. Nettoyé. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles V, 1506-55, silver double patard of 1513, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy in a polylobe; reverse: floriate cross, lion at the center; privy mark: crown. Cleaned, 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 Hapsburg's hoped-for unity.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3,02 g.
Catalog reference: G.H., Suppl., 171-1a; W. 635 var.
- 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.
Links to:
- 1511 florin d'or au saint Philippe, Maastricht mint
- 1512 double patard, Charles V, Antwerp mint
- Namur 1513 gros
- (1517) demi-réal d'Espagne, Antwerp mint
- 1517 réal d'Espagne, Antwerp mint
- (1521-45) real d'argent, Antwerp mint
- Flanders (1521) halve gouden reaal
- (1524-36) demi-real d'argent, Maastricht mint
- 1537 4 patards, Antwerp mint
- Coins and currency dated 1513