Liege (1494) 2 patards
This specimen was lot 1111 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €440 (about US$572 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean de Hornes (1485-1505), AV double patard, s.d. (1494). Différents: cor au droit et croisette au revers. D/ Deux lions assis et affrontés sous une flamme. A l'ex., trois étoiles. R/ Petit écu de Hornes posé sur une croix feuillue. Extrêmement rare. Fines fêlures du flan. Petites taches de corrosion. Beau à Très Beau. Provient de Fuldauer, Bruxelles, 25 mai 1923, de la collection Bovier et de la collection A. Symkens, Liège, 25 novembre 1991. (prince-bishopric of Liège, John of Hoorn, 1485-1505, undated silver double patard, circa 1494, horn privy mark on the obverse and a crosslet on the reverse. Obverse: two lions seated, facing, under a flame, three stars in the exergue; reverse: small arms of Hoorn over a leafy cross. Extremely rare, fine planchet cracks, small touches of corrosion, Fine - Very Fine.)"
The double patard was known elsewhere in the Netherlands as a double stuiver or a double aidant.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2,87 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 391; coll. Piat -; Dengis 772.
- 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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