Liege (1613) real

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Jean Elsen sale 156, lot 1160

This specimen was lot 1160 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,027 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Ferdinand de Bavière (1612-1650), AR réal, s.d. (1613), Liège. Au titre de Matthias Ier de Habsbourg. D/ Ecu couronné, écartelé aux armes de la principauté, Bavière-Palatinat sur le tout. R/ Croix ornée avec l'aigle impériale en coeur, cantonnée de quatre perrons. Extrêmement rare. Très Beau. Provient de la collection A. Symkens, 25 novembre 1991, de la collection Bovier et de la collection Lhoest. (principality of Liège, Ferdinand of Bavaria, 1612-50, undated silver real, circa 1613, Liège mint, struck in the name of emperor Matthias. Obverse: crowned and quartered arms of the principality with the escutcheon of Bavaria and the Palatinate; reverse: ornate cross with the imperial eagle at the center, cantonned with four columns. Extremely rare, Very 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. The SCWC does not list any real of this design for Ferdinand altho it mentions a similar half real (KM B35 and C35). The one real listed therein (KM A56) has baroque arms and was struck 1629-31.

Ferdinand was the second 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 2,48 g.

Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Chestret 595; coll. Piat -; Dengis 1042.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [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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