Brabant 1474 2 briquet
This specimen was part of lot 1170 in Jean Elsen sale 125 (Brussels, June 2015), which sold for €65 (about US$87 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles le Téméraire (1467-1477), lot de 2 p.: double briquet, Anvers, 1474 (ébréché) et 1476. Beau à Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles the Bold (1467-77), two piece lot of double briquets, Antwerp mint, 1474 (chipped) and 1476, fine to very fine.)"
After Charles' death in battle in 1477, Marie's marriage to Maximilian of Hapsburg brought Spanish rule to the Low Countries.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.92 g, silver, 26 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: G.H. 34-1. Roberts-8381 (attributed to Flanders).
- 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.
- 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 125: Collections Dr. Jacques Marneffe, Jean-Marie Chouters et Henri Pottier, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2015.
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