Liege 1690 patagon Dav-4300
This specimen was lot 846 in Jean Elsen sale 112 (Brussels, March 2012) where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean-Louis d'Elderen (1688-1694), AR patagon, 1690, Tranche lisse. Droit : B. à droite. Revers : Ecu couronné. Provient de notre vente 77, 13 décembre 2003, 1331. Fines griffes et traces d'ajustage. Très Beau." (Prince-Bishopric of Liege, John Louis of Bavaria (1688-94), silver patagon of 1690. Obverse: bust facing right; reverse: crowned arms. From our sale 77, December 2003, lot 1331. Fine scratches and adjustment marks, 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. Patagons were issued in the Spanish Netherlands and associated states (including the bishopric of Liège and Franche Comte) during the seventeenth century, where they competed with French écus, German talers and Dutch daalders and ducatons. The type shown here was struck 1689-90. The SCWC notes it as rare.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.1 g, 0.875 fine silver, .790 troy oz ASW, this specimen 27.74 g.
Catalog reference: KM 102, Chestret, 654; Dengis, 1124; Delm-478; Dav-4300.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 112, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
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