Liege (1366-68) gros
This specimen was lot 1024 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$4,421 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean d'Arckel (1364-1378), AR gros, 1366-1368, Liège. D/ D-OHANNES:- EPC: LEODIEN L'évêque deb. de f., ten. la crosse et les Evangiles. A ses pieds, l'écu d'Arckel. R/ MONE-TA: LE-ODIE-NSIS Croix feuillue cantonnée de quatre couronnelles, avec l'écusson d'Arckel en coeur. Quatre couronnelles dans la légende. De la plus haute rareté. Très Beau à Superbe. Provient de notre vente 69, 16 mars 2002, 1781. (prince-bishopric of Liège, John of Arckel, 1364-78, silver groat, circa 1366-68, Liège mint. Obverse: the bishop stands, facing, his arms at his feet; reverse: leafy cross cantonned with four coronets, with the arms of Arckel at the center, four coronets in the legend. Of the highest rarity, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)
La première monnaie liégeoise montrant l'évêque en pied. Il s'agit d'une imitation du double schilling frappé de 1366 à 1368 à Deutz par l'archevêque de Cologne Englebert de la Marck. (The first Liège coin showing the bishop at full length. It is an imitation of the double schilling struck from 1366 to 1368 in Deutz by the Archbishop of Cologne, Englebert de la Marck.)"
Jean d'Arckel (b. 1314) was previously bishop of Utrecht (1342-64) before being promoted to the throne of Liège by pope Urban V. He annexed the county of Loon in 1366.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 1,94 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret, Suppl., II, 24 var.; de Jonghe, RBN (1878), p. 273; Dengis 568 (three examples reported).
- 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 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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