Liege 1486 2 heaume
This specimen was lot 1126 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean de Hornes (1485-1505), AR double heaume, 1486. D/ Ecu de Hornes heaumé. R/ SI DVS N-OBS QVS- COTA N-OS 1ᴥ86 Croix longue et pattée, portant un cor en coeur, cantonnée de deux lions et de deux lis. Très rare. Belle patine. Beau à Très Beau. Provient de la collection A. Symkens, Liège, 25 novembre 1991. (prince-bishopric of Liège, John of Hoorn, 1485-1505, silver double helmet of 1486. Obverse: helmeted arms of Hoorn; reverse: long cross pattée, with a horn at the center, cantonned with two lions and two lilies. Very rare, nice patina, Fine - Very Fine.)"
This coin may have passed as a double patard but had a different design. It may have used a different purity of silver.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2,83 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 413; Dengis 793; Levinson II-90a.
- 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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