Liege (1485) 2 heaume
This specimen was lot 695 in Jean Elsen sale 138 (Brussels, September 2018), where it sold for €200 (about US$278 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean de Hornes, élu confirmé (1484-1485), AR double heaume, s.d. (1485). D/ Ecu de Hornes heaumé. R/ Croix longue et pattée, portant un cor en coeur, cantonnée de deux lis et de deux lions. Rare. Très Beau. (prince-bishopric of Liège, John of Hoorn, bishop-elect, 1484-85, undated silver double heaume. Obverse: helmeted arms of Hoorn; reverse: long cross pattée, bearing a horseshoe at the center, cantoned with two lilies and two lions. Rare, Very fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: debased silver, this specimen 2,92 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 412; Dengis 761.
- 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 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
Link to:
- 1484 demi-aidant, Jean de la Marck
- (1484-85) patard, Jean de Hornes
- (1484-85) florin d'or postulat, Jean de Hornes, bishop elect
- (1485-1505) demi-heaume
- (14)85 demi-stoter, Guillaume de la Marck
- (1485-1505) patard
- (1485) double patard
- (1485-1505) double patard
- (1485-1505) florin d'or postulat, Jean de Hornes
- 1486 tiers de patard
- (14)86 patard
- (14)86 double patard
- 1486 double heaume
- 1488 demi-aidant, Everard de la Marck
- (1488-89) florin d'or postulat
- (14)89-Є double patard, Everard de la Marck
- 1489 double patard, Jean de Hornes
- Liege 1489 2 heaume
- Coins and currency dated 1485
- return to coins of Liège