Liege 1699 patagon Dav-4303
This specimen was lot 851 in Jean Elsen sale 112 (Brussels, March 2012) where it sold for € 480 (about US$750 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Joseph Clément de Bavière (1694-1723), AR patagon, 1699, Tranche lisse. Droit : B. à droite, coiffé d'une longue perruque. Revers : Ecu couronné. Rare. Léger défaut de flan au droit. Fines traces d'ajustage. Belle patine. Très Beau." (Prince-Bishopric of Liege, Joseph Clement of Bavaria (1694-1723), silver patagon of 1699. Obverse: bewigged bust facing right; reverse: crowned arms. Rare, slightly weak strike on left of obverse, adjustment marks, nice 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. 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 1694-1700. The SCWC notes it as rare.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.1 g, 0.875 fine silver, .790 troy oz ASW, this specimen 26.18 g.
Catalog reference: KM 112.1, Chestret, 662; Delm-481 (unlisted); Dengis, 1137; Dav-4303.
- 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.
- Jean-Luc Dengis, Les Monnaies de la Principauté de Liege, 3 vols. Wetteren: Moneta, 2006.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 112, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
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- 1690 patagon
- 1695 triple ducat
- 1700 patagon
- Coins and currency dated 1699
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