Brabant 1539(h) 4 patards
This specimen was lot 708 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €170 (about US$218 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AR 4 patards (vlieger), 1539, Anvers. D/ Aigle impériale couronnée. R/ Ecu aux seize quartiers couronné, sur une croix de Bourgogne. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles V, 1506-55, silver quadruple patard of 1539, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned imperial eagle; reverse: crowned sixfold arms over a Burgundian cross. Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1536-53. A very similar Flemish coin was called a vlieger.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.12 g, 0.618 fine silver, this specimen is 5,87 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 189-1a; W. 672 var.; V.H. 226.
- 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 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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