File:Brabant JE141-545.jpg

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This specimen was lot 545 in Jean Elsen sale 141 (Brussels, June 2019), where it sold for €9,000 (about US$11,928 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AR quatre patards, 1489, Anvers. Au titre de Maximilien de Habsbourg, roi des Romains. D/ lis MAXIM'-LIA' REX- ROMAN'- PAT' I89 Ecu impérial couronné, posé sur une croix fleuronnée. R/ PH'I ARCHIDVCIS AVSTRIE BVRG'DIE BRABA (main) L'archiduc deb., ten. l'épée dans la main d. et, devant lui, l'écu d'Autriche-Bourgogne de la main g. G.H. 82-1; W. 576; Levinson II-110; V.H. 106. 6,23 g Très rare. presque Superbe. Provient de la collection Lhomme et de notre vente 38, 11 février 1995, 717. (duchy of Brabant, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, silver four patards of 1489, Antwerp mint, struck in the name of Maximilian of Hapsburg, king of Rome. Obverse: the archduke stands, sword in the right hand and the arms of Austria-Burgundy in the left. Very rare, about Extremely Fine.)" Après avoir rétabli son autorité dans les Pays-Bas, Maximilien décida de reprendre la frappe d'une monnaie forte. Les pièces frappées en vertu de l'ordonnance du 14 décembre 1489 constituaient déjà la cinquième émission du règne de Philippe le Beau. Ce "grand double" au nom de Philippe et de Maximilien fut frappé à 8.960 exemplaires dans l'atelier d'Anvers. Il valait quatre patards ou quatre sols en monnaie de compte. (After having restored his authority in the Netherlands, Maximilian decided to resume the issue of a strong currency. The coins struck under the ordinance of December 14, 1489, already constituted the fifth issue of the reign of Philip the Fair. This "grand double" in the name of Philip and Maximilian was struck with 8,960 copies in the Antwerp mint. It was worth four patards or four sols in money of account.)"

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