Liege 1489-E 2 patards
This specimen was lot 1102 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €7,500 (about US$9,753 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Everard de la Marck, protecteur (1488-1489), AR double patard, 1489, Liège. D/ + EVERA' D' MARC' PROT LEO' Ecu écartelé de la Marck et Arenberg, sous un sanglier dans une palissade. R/ + ANNO DNI MCCCCLXXXIX Croix fleuronnée, la lettre Є en coeur. De la plus haute rareté. Beau à Très Beau. Provient de la collection H. Frère, Liège, 20 mars 2002. (prince-bishopric of Liège, Everard de la Marck, protector, 1488-89, silver double patard of 1489, Liège mint. Obverse: quartered arms of Marck and Arenberg, a wild boar above; reverse: floriate cross, a Gothic "E" at the center. Extremely rare, Fine - Very Fine.)
Les monnaies d'argent d'Everard de la Marck se caractérisent par la représentation de son animal emblématique, le sanglier, même si les textes d'époque appellent ce double patard denier à la truie (sic). Il est aussi appelé neuf denier messire Everard dans un cri de 1488 (Chestret p. 217-218). (The silver coins of Everard de la Marck are characterized by the representation of his mascot, the wild boar, even if the texts of the period call this a double patard of the sow (sic). It is also called a ninepence in a decree of Lord Everard in 1488.)"
Everard's rival, Jean de Hornes, also struck double patards dated 1489.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3,90 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 384; coll. Piat -; Dengis 753; Levinson II-123.
- 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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