Liege (1419-55) griffon d'or Fr-290

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Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 1052

This specimen was lot 1052 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €5,500 (about US$7,152 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean de Heinsberg (1419-1455), AV griffon d'or, s.d., Liège. D/ + IOhS' DEI GRA EPC LEODI' Z COMES LOSSENSIS Griffon assis à g., ten. l'écu écartelé de l'évêque. R/ + SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM IN ET' Croix ornée, une rosette au centre, cantonnée de quatre lions. Extrêmement rare. Trace de pliure. presque Très Beau. Provient de la collection A. Symkens, Liège, 25 novembre 1991. (prince-bishopric of Liège, Jean de Heinsberg, 1419-55, undated gold griffin, Liège mint. Obverse: seated griffin left supporting the quatered arms of the bishop; reverse: ornate cross, rosette at the center, cantonned with four lions. Extremely rare, creased, about Very Fine.)

Au début de son épiscopat, Jean de Heinsberg poursuivit l'émission des types frappés sous Jean de Bavière: l'écu d'or klinckaert et ce griffon d'or. L'exemplaire de la collection Piat fut vendu 710 francs or, soit le prix le plus élevé de la vente. (At the beginning of his episcopate, John of Heinsberg continued the issue of the types struck under John of Bavaria: the klinckaert gold écu and this gold griffin. The example from the Piat collection was sold for 710 gold francs, the highest price of the sale.)"

Jean de Heinsberg was elected prince-bishop at the age of 22 years altho not yet ordained a priest. This obstacle was swiftly dealt with and he assumed his duties in June 1420. In 1455, Philip the Good of Burgundy, seeking a place for his nephew Louis of Bourbon, forced bishop Jean to resign in Louis' favor. Jean died in 1459, allegedly leaving behind 65 children. He was descended from the formerly independent counts of Loon.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold, this specimen 3,44 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-290, Chestret 302; coll. Piat 194 (three examples known); Dengis 637 (four examples known); Delm-322.

Source:

  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [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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