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This specimen was lot 730 in Jean Elsen sale 124 (Brussels, March 2015), where it sold for €__ (about US$__ including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Robert de Berghes (1557-1564), AR rixdaler, 1558, Hasselt. Au titre de Ferdinand Ier de Habsbourg (1556-1564). Droit: L'écu de l'évêque sous un heaume à cimier, accosté de 15-58. Revers: Aigle impériale couronnée. Chestret, 504; Dengis, 914; Delm., 446; Dav-8414. 28,11 g. Très Rare. Très Beau. (principality of Liege, Robert of Berghes (1557-64), rixdaler of 1558, Hasselt mint, struck in the name of Ferdinand I (1556-64). Obverse: helmeted arms of the bishop divides the date; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Very rare, very fine.)

Cousin germain de Corneille de Berghes, Robert de Berghes succéda à Georges d'Autriche en 1557. Sous son règne, la réforme des diocèses des Pays-Bas, voulue par Philippe II, institua dix nouveaux évêchés et diminua considérablement l'étendue du diocèse de Liège. La paix régnait et la place forte de Bouillon fut restituée par la France à la principauté suite à la paix de Cateau-Cambrésis (1559). Sa santé étant mauvaise, Robert de Berghes abdiqua en 1564 en faveur de Gérard de Groesbeeck. Il mourut l'année suivante à Bergen-op-Zoom. (First cousin of Cornel de Berghes, Robert succeeded George of Austria in 1557. Under his reign, the reform of the dioceses, ordered by Philip II, created ten new bishoprics and considerably diminished the power of the diocese of Liege. The fortress of Bouillon was restored by France to the principality by the treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559). In poor health, Robert abdicated in 1564 in favor of Gerard of Groesbeeck. He died the following year at Bergen-op-Zoom.)"

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