Namur 1503 2 patards
This specimen was lot 1098 in Jean Elsen sale 143 (Brussels, December 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"NAMUR, Comté, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AR double patard, 1503. D/ Dans un polylobe, écu couronné d'Autriche-Bourgogne, ne coupant pas la légende. R/ Croix fleuronnée, un lion en coeur. Rare Petite fêlure du flan. Très Beau. (county of Namur, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, silver double patard of 1503. Obverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy in a polylobe not interrupting the legend; reverse: floriate cross, lion at the center. Rare, edge defect, Very Fine.)"
At this time, the Hapsburgs were consolidating their hold on the Low Countries, a process that would not be completed until emperor Charles V obtained the holdings of the bishop of Utrecht in the 1520's. Unfortunately, at the same time, Protestantism was spreading in the Netherlands, ripping apart the Hapsburg's hoped-for unity.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 2,93 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 119-7; Chalon, Namur, 213; V.H. 151.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- 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, Vente Publique 143, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.
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