Liege 1437 2 gros

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Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 1058

This specimen was lot 1058 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,601 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean de Heinsberg (1419-1455), AR double gros (plaque), 1437, Hasselt (?). D/ + IOH EPS LEODIEN DX BVLLO Z COM LOS Armes écartelées de l'évêque en plein champ. R/ + ANNO DOMINI MILLESIO CCCCXXXVII Croix pattée. Extrêmement rare. Petit éclat du flan. Belle patine. Très Beau à Superbe. Provient de la collection Bamps, de la collection Bovier et de la collection A. Symkens, Liège, 25 novembre 1991. (prince-bishopric of Liège, Jean de Heinsberg, 1419-55, silver double groat or plack or 1437, probably Hasselt mint. obverse: quartered arms of the bishop on a plain field; reverse: cross pattée. Extremely rare, edge crack, nice patina, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)

Le première monnaie datée de la principauté de Liège, imitant le double gros vierlander créé par Philippe le Bon en 1434. (The first dated coin of Liège, imitating the double groat created by Philip the Good in 1434.)"

Jean de Heinsberg was elected prince-bishop at the age of 22 years altho not yet ordained a priest. This obstacle was swiftly dealt with and he assumed his duties in June 1420. In 1455, Philip the Good of Burgundy, seeking a place for his nephew Louis of Bourbon, forced bishop Jean to resign in Louis' favor. Jean died in 1459, allegedly leaving behind 65 children. He was descended from the formerly independent counts of Loon.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 3,21 g.

Catalog reference: Chestret 310; Dengis 645; Levinson II-7.

Source:

  • Levinson, Robert, The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500: An Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to dated medieval coinage. Clifton, NJ: Coin & Currency Institute, 2007.
  • 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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