Liege 1494 patard
This specimen was lot 1129 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,861 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean de Hornes (1485-1505), billon patard, 1494, Liège. Différent: croisette. D/ Ecu de Hornes entouré de flammèches. R/ SI DEV'-NOB' C'- 9S CON- NOS 94 Croix longue et ornée, cantonnée de deux lions et de deux cors. Très rare. Double frappe au revers. presque Très Beau. Provient de la collection Bovier et de la collection A. Symkens, Liège, 25 novembre 1991. (prince-bishopric of Liège, John of Hoorn, 1485-1505, billon patard of 1494, Liège mint, crosslet privy mark. Obverse: arms of Hoorn surrounded by flames; reverse: ornate long cross cantonned with two lions and two horns. about Very Fine.)"
The patard was known elsewhere in the Netherlands as a stuiver or an aidant.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1,55 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 417 var.; Dengis 797 var.; Levinson II-135 var.
- 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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