Liege 1546 daler Dav-8407

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Jean Elsen sale 156, lot 1067

This specimen was lot 1067 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,619 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Georges d'Autriche (1544-1557), AR daler au saint Georges, 1546, Liège ou Hasselt. D/ L'écu écartelé de l'évêque entre deux rinceaux, sous la date. R/ Saint Georges galopant à d. et transperçant le dragon de sa lance. Extrêmement rare. Fine fêlure du flan. presque Très Beau. Avec une ancienne étiquette manuscrite (acheté le 15.11.1952 à Dillen pour 1.900 frs, Vente Piat 90 frs). (principality of Liège, George of Austria, 1544-57, dollar of St. George of 1546, Liège or Hasselt mints. obverse: quartered arms of the bishop between two rinceaux, below the date; reverse: St. George, mounted, pierces the dragon with his lance. Extemely rare, fine planchet crack, about Very Fine.)

"C'est sous le règne de Georges d'Autriche que furent émis les premiers talers liégeois, appelés rixdalers (talers d'empire). Ils étaient frappés sur le pied du Joachimsthaler et imitant le type populaire des talers de Mansfeld. (It was during the reign of George of Austria that the first thalers were struck in Liège, called rixdalers. They were struck according to the standard of the Joachimsthaler and imitated the popular Mansfeld thalers.)"

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. This daler was accompanied by Dav-8406 (St. George standing) and Dav-8408 (helmeted arms).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen is 27,72 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-8407, Chestret 473; coll. Piat 292 (three examples known); Dengis 882 (three examples reported); Delm-436.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
  • 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 156, Collection de Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.

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