Brabant 1536(h) 4 patards
This specimen was lot 654 in Jean Elsen sale 161 (Brussels, March 2025), where it sold for €110 (about US$143 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AR 4 patards (vlieger), 1536, Anvers. Ponctuation par croisettes. D/ Aigle impériale couronnée. R/ Écu aux seize quartiers couronné, sur une croix de Bourgogne. Légère faiblesse de frappe. (duchy of Brabant, Charles V, 1506-55, silver four patards or vlieger of 1536, Antwerp mint, punctuated with crosslets. Obverse: crowned imperial eagle; reverse: crowned arms of six quarters over a Burgundian cross. Slightly weakly 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. This type was struck 1536-53 at Antwerp and Maastricht (star mintmark). It was one-fifth of a gulden.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.12 g, 0.618 fine silver, 33 mm diameter, this specimen is 5,83 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 189-1a; W. 672 var.; VH 226.
- 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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