Liege 1651 escalin
This specimen was lot 1211 in Jean Elsen sale 144 (Brussels, March 2020), where it sold for €70 (about US$92 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Maximilien Henri de Bavière (1650-1688), AR escalin, 1651, Liège. D/ Lion deb. à g., ten. une épée et une crosse sur laquelle est posé un écusson de Bouillon. R/ Ecu de Bavière couronné, chargé de l'écusson de Bouillon, sur une croix de Bourgogne. Beau à Très Beau. (prince-bishopric of Liège, Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, 1650-88, silver escalin of 1651. Liège mint. Obverse: lion rampant to left, brandishing a sword and the arms of Bouillon; reverse: crowned arms of Bavaria, charged with the arms of Bouillon, over a Burgundian cross. Fine - Very Fine.)"
One escalin = 6 sols = 1/8 patagon. 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 1700 and the Austrian Hapsburgs 1714-97. This type was struck 1651-58.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 4,67 g.
Catalog reference: KM 76, Chestret 636; Dengis 1097.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 144, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
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