Brabant 1545(h) 4 patards
This specimen was lot 1129 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €75 (about US$95 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AR 4 patards (vlieger), 1545, Anvers. D/ Aigle impériale couronnée. R/ Ecu aux seize quartiers couronné, sur une croix de Bourgogne. Fine fêlure du flan. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles V, 1506-55, silver four patards or vlieger of 1545, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned imperial eagle; reverse: crowned arms of sixteen quarters over a Burgundian cross. Fine planchet crack, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1536-53 at Antwerp and Maastricht. A very similar Flemish coin was called a vlieger.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.12 g, 0.618 fine silver, 33 mm diameter, this specimen is 5,93 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 189-1a; W. 672 var.; VH 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 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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