Liege 1546 2 sols
This specimen was lot 1327 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €480 (about US$608 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Georges d'Autriche (1544-1557), Cu brûlé de 2 sols, 1546, Liège. D/ Ecu écartelé de l'évêque. R/ Croix ajourée et fourchue, cantonnée de la date. Très rare. presque Très Beau. (prince-bishopric of Liège, George of Austria, 1544-57, copper two sols of 1546, Liège mint. Obverse: quartered arms of the bishop; reverse: cross cantonned with the date. Very rare, about very fine.)"
The bishopric of Liège was an ecclesiastical state in central Belgium and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. The surrounding territory was ruled by the Spanish Hapsburgs from about 1500 until 1699 and the Austrian Hapsburgs 1714-97. The accompanying four sols is listed in Numista for 1544-48 and 1553-55.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen is 1,81 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 497; Dengis 888.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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