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[[Image:JE156-1025.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 156, lot 1025]]

This specimen was lot 1025 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$5,646 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''LIEGE, Principauté, Jean de la Marck, élu (1482-1484), AR demi-aidant, 1484, Liège. D/ + IOHS DEI GRA POSTVLAT LE Lion à mi-corps à g., au-dessus de l'écu incliné de la Marck. R/ + ANNO DNI M CCCC LXXXIIII Croix ornée. Extrêmement rare. Très Beau à Superbe.'' ([[Austria, Austria-Netherlands|principality of Liège]], John of Mark, bishop-elect, 1482-84, silver half aidant of 1484, Liège mint. Obverse: half lion left over the tilted shield of Mark; reverse: ornate cross. Extremely rare, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.)"</blockquote> The date is in Roman numerals on the reverse ("[MCCCC]LXXXIIII").

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen is 1,92 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Chestret 374; Dengis 741; Levinson II-81. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Levinson, Robert, ''The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500: An Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to dated medieval coinage.'' Clifton, NJ: Coin & Currency Institute, 2007.
* Roberts, James N., ''The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD),'' S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 156, Collection de Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Liege (1477) 1/2 aidant|(1477) ''demi-aidant à l'écu'', Louis de Bourbon]]
* [[Liege 1478 patard|(14)78 patard]]
* [[Liege 1479 patard|(14)79 patard]]
* [[Liege 1481 2 patards|1481 ''double patard'']]
* [[Liege 1484 1/3 patard|1484 ''tiers de patard'']]
* [[Liege (14)84 1/2 aidant|(14)84 ''demi-stoter (patard)'', Guillaume de la Marck]]
* [[Liege (1484-85) patard|(1484-85) patard, Jean de Hornes]]
* [[Liege (1484-85) florin d'or Fr-299|(1484-85) ''florin d'or postulat'']]
* [[Liege (1485-1505) 1/2 heaume|(1485-1505) ''demi-heaume'']]
* [[Liege 1485 1/2 aidant|(14)85 ''demi-stoter'', Guillaume de la Marck]]
* [[Liege (1485-1505) patard|(1485-1505) patard]]
* [[Liege (1485) 2 patards|(1485) ''double patard'']]
* [[Liege (1485-1505) 2 patards|(1485-1505) ''double patard'']]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1484]]

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