Namur (1513-16) maille
This specimen was lot 909 in Jean Elsen sale 135 (Brussels, December 2017), where it sold for €220 (about US$305 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NAMUR, Comté, Charles Quint (1506-1555), Cu maille (2/3 de mite de Flandre), s.d. (1513-1516). D/ NAR sous un trait d'abréviation. R/ Croix. Les légendes complètes. Rare dans cette qualité. Très Beau à Superbe. (Spanish Netherlands, county of Namur, Charles V, 1506-55, undated copper maille (2/3 mite of Flanders). Obverse: NAR; reverse: cross. Rare in this quality, very fine to extremely fine.)"
One groat made 36 mites. The other maille we have on the Wiki, from Artois, weighed twice as much as this coin so probably had a different, tho still low, value.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.7 g, copper, this specimen 0,85 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 182-7; Chalon, Namur, 230.
- van Gelder, H. Enno, and Marcel Hoc, Les Monnaies des pays-Bas Bourguignons et Espagnols, 1434-1713, Amsterdam, J. Schulman, 1960, with supplement of 1964.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 135, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.
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