Liege 1489 2 heaume

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Jean Elsen sale 138, lot 700

This specimen was lot 700 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, Jean de Hornes (1485-1505), AR double heaume, 1489. D/ Ecu de Hornes heaumé. COIT L' en fin de légende. R/ SI DVS- NOB' QS- COT' N'-OS 1489 Croix longue et pattée, portant un cor en coeur, cantonnée de deux lis et de deux lions. Rare Taches au droit. presque Très Beau. (prince-bishopric of Liège, John of Hoorn, 1485-1505, silver double helmet of 1489. Obverse: helmeted arms of Hoorn, COIT at the end of the legend; reverse: long cross pattée, with a horseshoe at the center, cantoned with two fleurs-de-lys and two lions. Rare, obverse stains, about very fine.)"

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: debased silver, this specimen 3,00 g.

Catalog reference: Chestret 415; Dengis 795; Levinson II-122b.

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 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

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