Liege (1348) gros
This specimen was lot 736 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €360 (about US$499 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIÈGE, Principauté, Englebert de la Marck (1345-1364), AR gros au buste (bourgeois), s.d. (1348), Liège. D/ B. mitré de f. dans un polylobe, au-dessus de l'écusson de la Marck coupant la légende. R/ + MONETA: LEODIE' Croix pattée courte. Double légende sur le tour. Rare. Ce gros au buste imite les gros (Turnose) frappés de 1343 à 1346 à Deutz et à Bonn par l'archevêque de Cologne Waleran de Juliers (Noss 47-90). Sa frappe doit donc être située au début de l'épiscopat d'Englebert de la Marck. (prince-bishopric of Liège, Englebert of the Mark, 1345-64, undated silver groat of the bust, circa 1348, Liège mint. Obverse: mitred bust facing in a polylobe; below, the arms of Mark divide the legend; reverse; short cross pattée within a double row legend. This groat imitated the groat struck 1343-46 by the archbishop of Cologne at Deutz and Bonn. The striking is attributed to the beginning of this bishop's reign. Rare, Fine - Very Fine.)"
Englebert resigned the diocese in 1364 to become archbishop of Cologne.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.6 g, silver, this specimen 3,67 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 242; Dengis 556.
- 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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