Liege (1478) 2 brule
This specimen was lot 1097 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Louis de Bourbon (1456-1482), Cu brûlé, s.d. (1478), Curange. Piéfort en cuivre. D/ (lis) LVDOVICVS EPS' LEODIEN Ecu de Bourbon. R/ (lis) MONETA FCA' IN CVRIGEN Croix pattée, un lis en coeur. De la plus haute rareté. Flan large. Frappe faible au droit. Très Beau. Provient de la collection Piat, Dupriez, Bruxelles, vente 101, 28 novembre 1910, 237 et de la collection H. Frère, Liège, septembre 2000. (prince-bishopric of Liège, Louis of Bourbon, 1456-82, undated copper brûlé, circa 1478, Curange mint, copper piedfort. Obverse: arms of Bourbon; reverse: a cross pattée, a lily at the center. Of the highest rarity, large planchet, weakly struck on the obverse, Very Fine.)"
Louis de Bourbon was imposed upon the inhabitants of Liège by his uncle, the duke of Burgundy. He so exasperated his subjects that they expelled him three times. The term brûlé is more of a nickname than a denomination and referred to a number of different low value copper coins such as sous, deniers, duits and liards. Most were carelessly made, with bad strikes on crude planchets being normal. We call this example a double brûlé because it is double weight.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 4,94 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 367 var. (note); coll. Piat 237 (this example); Dengis 722 var. (this example).
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
Link to:
- (1456-66) brûlé
- (1456-82) double brûlé, Louis de Bourbon
- (1477) huitième d'aidant
- (1477) quart de aidant, Louis de Bourbon
- (1477) demi-aidant à l'écu, Louis de Bourbon
- Liege 1478 patard = aidant
- Liege 1479 patard = aidant
- 1479 double patard
- 1480 patard (aidant)
- 1481 double patard
- 1484 demi-aidant, Jean de la Marck
- Coins and currency dated 1478