Liege (1544-45) patard
This specimen was lot 1065 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €160 (about US$205 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Georges d'Autriche (1544-1557), billon patard, s.d. (1544-1545), Liège ou Hasselt. D/ Ecu écartelé de l'évêque. R/ Croix longue, portant le perron en coeur, posée sur un quadrilobe. Très rare. Légères traces de corrosion. Très Beau. Provient de notre vente 76, 13 septembre 2003, 1360. (principality of Liège, George of Austria, 1544-57, undated billon patard, circa 1544-45, Liège or Hasselt mints. Obverse: quartered arms of the bishop; reverse: long cross, column at the center, in a quadrilobe. Very rare, traces of corrosion, Very Fine.)"
The bishopric of Liège was an ecclesiastical state in central Belgium and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. The surrounding territory was ruled by the Spanish Hapsburgs from about 1500 until 1699 and the Austrian Hapsburgs 1714-97.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen is 2,43 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 479; Dengis 875.
- 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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