Liege (15)82 1/2 real

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Jean Elsen sale 156, lot 1124

This specimen was lot 1124 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €260 (about US$334 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Ernest de Bavière (1581-1612), AR demi-ernestus (triple patard), 1582, Maaseik. Au titre de Rodolphe II de Habsbourg. Différent: gland. D/ Cartouche aux armes écartelées de Bavière-Palatinat, entre 8-2. R/ Croix longue et fleuronnée, l'aigle impériale en coeur. Belle patine. Rare dans cette qualité. Très Beau à Superbe. Provient de la collection A. Symkens, 25 novembre 1991. (principality of Liège, Ernest of Bavaria, 1581-1612, silver half ernestus or three patards of 1582, Maaseik mint, struck in the name of Rudolf II, berry privy mark. Obverse: crowned and quartered arms of Bavaria and the Palatinate divides the date; reverse: floriate long cross, imperial eagle at the center. Beautiful patina, rare in this quality, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.)"

The bishopric of Liège was an ecclesiastical state in central Belgium. The surrounding territory was ruled by the Spanish Hapsburgs from about 1500 until 1699 and the Austrian Hapsburgs 1714-97.

Ernest was the first of four prince-bishops from Bavaria. They were also dukes of Bouillon, archbishops of Cologne and electors of the Empire, all of which titles appeared in various combinations on their coins. They are as follows:

  • Ernest, r. 1581-1612, archbishop of Cologne (1583-1612), bishop of Münster (1584-1612), Freising, Hildesheim and Liège.
  • Ferdinand, r. 1612-50, archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Paderborn (1618-50) and Liège. Never ordained as a priest.
  • Maximilian Henry, r. 1650-88, archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim and Liège. Lost the duchy of Bouillon to Louis XIV.
  • Joseph Clement, r. 1688-1723, bishop of Regensburg and Freising (1685-94) and archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Hildesheim (1702-23) and Liège (1694-1723).
  • Clemens August, r. 1723-61, bishop of Regensburg (1716-19) and then archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Osnabrück and Paderborn but never ruled in Liège. His incompetence and extravagance ended Wittelsbach rule in Cologne.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen is 2,81 g.

Catalog reference: Chestret 535; Dengis 981.

Source:

  • 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 156, Collection de Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.

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