Namur (1433-34) pieter d'or Fr-349
This specimen was lot 895 in Jean Elsen sale 135 (Brussels, December 2017), where it sold for €600 (about US$847 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NAMUR, Comté, Philippe le Bon (1429-1467), AV Pieter d'or, 1433-1434. Au titre de duc de Brabant et de Limbourg. D/ + PHS DVX BVRG- BRAB Z LIMB B. de saint Pierre de f., ten. un livre et une clef. Devant lui, écu de Philippe le Bon, trois lis au 1er et au 3e quartiers. R/ + PAX XPI MANEAT SENPER NOBISCVM Croix fleuronnée, rosette au centre. Rare Légère faiblesse de frappe. Très Beau. (Burgundian Netherlands, county of Namur, Philip the Good, 1429-67, gold peter of 1433-34. Obverse: bust of St. Peter facing, bearng a key and a book, arms of the duke of Brabant and Limburg below; reverse: floriate cross, rosette at the center. Rare, slight weakness of strike, very fine.)"
Philip the Good was succeeded by Charles the Rash (1467-77). On his death, the Burgundian inheritance, including Namur, was partitioned between France and the Hapsburgs, with Namur falling to the Hapsburgs. This rare type also comes with COMES NAMVRC mentioned in the obverse titles (Fr-348).
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 3,58 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-349, Chalon, Namur, 204; W. II, p. 12; Delm-421.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 135, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.
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