Liege 1548 daler Dav-8408
This specimen was lot 1072 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$1,925 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Georges d'Autriche (1544-1557), AR daler au saint Georges, 1548, Liège ou Hasselt. D/ L'écu écartelé de l'évêque surmonté d'un heaume à cimier, entre 15-48. R/ Saint Georges galopant à d. et transperçant le dragon de sa lance. Rare. Léger défaut de flan sur la tranche. Belle patine. Très Beau. Provient de la collection A. Symkens, 25 novembre 1991. (principality of Liège, George of Austria, 1544-57, dollar of St. George of 1546, Liège or Hasselt mints. obverse: helmeted quartered arms of the bishop divide the date; reverse: St. George, mounted, pierces the dragon with his lance. Rare, edge defect, beautiful patina, 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. This daler was struck 1546-50. It was accompanied by Dav-8409 (St. George charges left).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen is 28,40 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8408, Chestret 484; Dengis 890; Delm-437.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- [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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