Liege 1744 escalin
This specimen was lot 745 in Jean Elsen sale 138 (Brussels, September 2018), where it sold for €240 (about US$333 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Siège vacant (1744), AR escalin, 1744. D/ B. mitré du saint à g. R/ Lion deb. à g., soutenant l'écu de Bouillon. La date en fin de légende. Rare Légère faiblesse de frappe. Très Beau. (prince-bishopric of Liège, sede vacante, silver escalin of 1744. Obverse: mitred bust of St. Lambert to left; reverse: lion to left, supporting the arms of Bouillon, date at end of legend. Rare, somewhat weakly struck, 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. The type shown here was struck in 1744 during the interval of the death of George Louis and the elevation of John Theodore.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 3,44 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 677; Dengis 1156, KM 140.
- Jean-Luc Dengis, Les Monnaies de la Principauté de Liege, 3 vols. Wetteren: Moneta, 2006.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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