Liege 1486 1/3 patard

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Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 1124

This specimen was lot 1124 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €320 (about US$416 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean de Hornes (1485-1505), billon tiers de patard, 1486, Maastricht (?). Différent: étoile au droit et croisette au revers. D/ Deux écussons de Hornes inclinés sous une nuée et des flammèches. R/ Croix ornée, cantonnée de 1-ᴥ-8-6. Chestret 410; Dengis 790; Levinson II-91a. 0,72 g. Très rare. Défaut de flan avec trace de restauration. Patine foncée. presque Très Beau. Provient de la collection Bovier et de la collection A. Symkens, 25 novembre 1991. (prince-bishopric of Liège, John of Hoorn, 1485-1505, billon third patard of 1486, probably Maastricht mint, star privy mark on the obverse and a crosslet on the reverse. Obverse: two tilted shields of Hoorn under a cloud and some flames; reverse: ornate cross cantonned with the digits of the date. Very rare, flan defect and some tooling, nice patina, about Very Fine.)"

This coin was also called a third aidant or a third stuiver. We don't see this denomination anywhere else in the Liègeois series.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 1,51 g.

Catalog reference: Chestret 408; Dengis 788; Levinson II-88.

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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