Namur (1527) maille
This specimen was lot 1227 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €160 (about US$223 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NAMUR, Comté, Charles Quint (1506-1555), Cu maille de Namur, s.d. (1527). D/ Briquet étincelant sous une couronne. R/ Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne. Extrêmement rare. Beau à Très Beau. (county of Namur, Charles V, 1506-55, undated copper maille, circa 1527. Obverse: a sparking firesteel under a crown; reverse: Burgundian cross under a crown. Extremely rare, Fine - Very Fine.)"
Numista states that a maille was two-thirds of a mite or 1/36 of a gros.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 0,86 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 201-7; Chalon, Namur, -; VH 237.
- 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 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
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