Burgundy (1474) gros
This specimen was lot 921 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €170 (about US$236 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, BOURGOGNE, Duché, Charles le Téméraire (1467-1477), AR gros (blanc), s.d. (1474), Auxonne. D/ Écu aux sept quartiers sous un briquet, entre deux croix de Saint-André. Annelet sous la deuxième lettre. R/ Croix de Saint-André cantonnée de deux briquets et de deux fleurs de lis. (France, duchy of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, 1467-77, undated silver gros, circa 1474, Auxonne mint. Obverse: shield of six quarters under a firesteel, between two crosses of St. Andrew, ring under the second letter; reverse: cross of St. Andrew cantonned with two firesteels and two fleurs-de-lys. about Very Fine.)"
This type was struck for Charles the Bold, the last independent duke of Burgundy. Most of his coinage was struck in Brabant, his wealthiest province. On his death in 1477, the duchy of Burgundy (where lies Auxonne) was seized by Louis XI of France while the Hapsburgs retained the county of Burgundy to the east.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.9 g, 0.399 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, this specimen 2,78 g.
Catalog reference: Dumas 16-3; P.A. 5748.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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