View source for Namur (1421-29) 2 gros

[[Image:JE154-1360.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 154, lot 1360]]

This specimen was lot 1360 in Jean Elsen sale 154 (Brussels, March 2023), where it sold for €240 (about US$311 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''NAMUR, Comté, Philippe le Bon, héritier du comté (1421-1429), AR double gros braspenning, Namur. D/ Ecus de Bourgogne et de Flandre accolés sous un heaume cimé d'un lis. Point sous le P de PHS et le D de FLANDRIE. R/ Croix pattée cantonnée de deux lions et deux lis. presque Très Beau.'' ([[Netherlands, Spanish|county of Namur]], Philip the Good, heir to the county (1421-29), silver double groat, Namur mint. Obverse: arms of Burgundy and Flanders under a helmet, dot under the "P" of "PHS" and under the "D" of "FLANDRIE"; reverse: cross pattée cantonned with two lions and two lilies. About Very Fine.)"</blockquote> This ''double gros braspenning'' was struck throughout the Burgundian Netherlands, including Namur (shown here), Luxembourg, [[Hainaut (1418-27) 2 gros|Hainaut]], [[Flanders (1417-18) 2 groat|Flanders]] and [[Brabant (1417-19) 2 gros|Brabant]].

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 4,37 g.

''Catalog reference:'' D.d.P. 20, 41. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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 154, Trouvaille de Labuissière'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Flanders (1417-18) 2 groat|Flanders (1417-18) ''dubbele groot braspenning'']]
* [[Brabant (1417-19) 2 gros|Brabant (1417-19) ''double penninck Jans'', Vilvorde or Maastricht mint]]
* [[Hainaut (1418-27) 2 gros|Hainaut (1418-27) ''double gros (drielander)'']]
* [[Brabant (1420-21) 2 gros|Brabant (1420-21) ''double gros (drielander)'', Brussels mint, Jean IV de Brabant]]
* [[Brabant (1420-22) 2 gros|Brabant (1420-22) ''double gros (drielander)'', Philippe de Saint-Pol, Waelhem mint]]
* [[Tournai (1429) 2 gros|(1429) ''double gros (plaque)'', 2nd emission]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1421]]

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