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[[Image:JE156-1112.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 156, lot 1112]]

This specimen was lot 1112 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €280 (about US$359 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''LIEGE, Principauté, Ernest de Bavière (1581-1612), Cu brûlé de 16 sols, 1584, Liège. D/ Ecu couronné, écartelé de Bavière-Palatinat. R/ Perron entre XVI- SOVS. Très rare. Légère double frappe au revers. presque Très Beau. Provient de la collection A. Symkens, 25 novembre 1991.'' ([[Austria, Austria-Netherlands|principality of Liège]], Ernest of Bavaria, 1581-1612, copper sixteen sols of 1584, Liège mint. Obverse: crowned and quartered arms of Bavaria and the Palatinate; reverse: column between "XVI- SOVS". Very rare, slightly double struck on the reverse, about Very Fine.)"</blockquote> The bishopric of Liège was an ecclesiastical state in central Belgium. The surrounding territory was ruled by the Spanish Hapsburgs from about 1500 until 1699 and the Austrian Hapsburgs 1714-97.

Ernest was the first of four prince-bishops from Bavaria. They were also dukes of Bouillon, archbishops of Cologne and electors of the Empire, all of which titles appeared in various combinations on their coins. They are as follows:
* Ernest, r. 1581-1612, archbishop of Cologne (1583-1612), bishop of Münster (1584-1612), Freising, Hildesheim and Liège.
* Ferdinand, r. 1612-50, archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Paderborn (1618-50) and Liège. Never ordained as a priest.
* Maximilian Henry, r. 1650-88, archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim and Liège. Lost the duchy of Bouillon to Louis XIV.
* Joseph Clement, r. 1688-1723, bishop of Regensburg and Freising (1685-94) and archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Hildesheim (1702-23) and Liège (1694-1723).
* Clemens August, r. 1723-61, bishop of Regensburg (1716-19) and then archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Osnabrück and Paderborn but never ruled in Liège. His incompetence and extravagance ended Wittelsbach rule in Cologne.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' copper, this specimen is 3,20 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Chestret 552; Dengis 962. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <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 (1581-1612) liard|(1581-1612) liard, Ernest of Bavaria]]
* [[Liege 1583 12 sols|1583 ''brûlé de 12 sols'']], Maaseik mint
* [[Liege 1583 16 sols|1583 ''brûlé de 16 sols'']], Maaseik mint
* [[Liege 1583 2 aidant|1583 ''billon double aidant'']]
* [[Liege (1584) 8 sols|(1584) ''brûlé de 8 sols (tiers de liard)'']]
* [[Liege 1584 12 sols|1584 ''brûlé de 12 sols'' (gigot)]] = ½ liard
* [[Liege 1584 1/2 real|1584 ''demi-ernestus'']]
* [[Liege 1584 rixdaler Dav-8417|1584 ''daler à l'écu'']]
* [[Liege 1586 12 sols|1586 ''brûlé de 12 sols'']], Maaseik mint
* [[Liege (15)86 1/2 real|(15)86 ''demi-ernestus]] = 3 patards
* [[Coins and currency dated 1584]]

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