Liege 1480 patard
This specimen was lot 1086 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €700 (about US$910 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Louis de Bourbon (1456-1482), AR patard (aidant), 1480, Liège (?). Différent: tour. D/ MO LVDOVIC' EPS' LEODIENSIS Lion assis à g., soutenant l'écu incliné de Bourbon. R/ BNC' HEREDITATI TVE LXXIX Croix fleuronnée. Très rare. Belle patine. Très Beau. Provient de la collection A. Symkens, Liège, 25 novembre 1991. (prince-bishopric of Liège, Louis of Bourbon, 1456-82, silver patard or aidant of 1480, probably Liège mint, tower privy mark. Obverse: lion seated left, supporting the tilted arms of Bourbon; reverse: floriate cross. Very rare, nice patina, Very Fine.)"
Louis de Bourbon was imposed upon the inhabitants of Liège by his uncle, the duke of Burgundy. He so exasperated his subjects that they expelled him three times. One of the grievances was his inveterate habit of uttering debased coin.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Chestret 354; Dengis 704; Levinson II-53.
- 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.
Link to:
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- (1477) quart de aidant, Louis de Bourbon
- (1477) demi-aidant à l'écu, Louis de Bourbon
- (1478) double brûlé, Louis de Bourbon
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- Liege 1479 patard = aidant
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- 1481 double patard
- 1484 demi-aidant, Jean de la Marck
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- Coins and currency dated 1480