Liege 1479 patard
This specimen was lot 692 in Jean Elsen sale 138 (Brussels, September 2018), where it sold for €260 (about US$361 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Louis de Bourbon (1456-1482), AR patard (aidant), 1479, Hasselt. Différent: tour. D/ Lion assis à g., soutenant l'écu incliné de Bourbon. R/ BN'DIC HEREDITATI TVE LXXIX Croix ornée. Rare Légère faiblesse de frappe. Très Beau. (prince-bishopric of Liège, Louis of Bourbon, 1456-82, silver patard of 1479, Hasselt mint, tower privy mark. Obverse: lion rampant to left, bearing the arms of Bourbon; reverse: ornate cross. Rare, slightly weakly struck, very fine.)"
The date is noted on the reverse as [MCCCC]LXXIX.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: debased silver, this specimen 2,81 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 353; Dengis 703; Levinson II-44
- 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 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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