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Revision as of 21:07, 23 September 2023
This specimen was lot 725 in Jean Elsen sale 138 (Brussels, September 2018), where it sold for €90 (about US$125 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Ferdinand de Bavière (1612-1650), AR escalin, 1640, Liège. D/ Lion deb. à g., ten. une épée et une crosse sur laquelle est posé un écusson de Bouillon. R/ Ecu de Bavière couronné, chargé de l'écusson de Bouillon, sur une croix de Bourgogne. Rare. Beau à Très Beau. (prince-bishopric of Liege, Ferdinand of Bavaria, 1612-50, silver escalin of 1640, Liege mint. Obverse: lion rampant to left, sword in one paw and the arms of Bouillon in the other; reverse: crowned arms of Bavaria, surcharged with the arms of Bouillon, over a Burgundian cross. Rare, Fine to very fine.)"
One escalin = 6 sols = 1/8 patagon. The bishopric of Liege was an ecclesiastical state in central Belgium and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. The surrounding territory was ruled by the Spanish Hapsburgs from about 1500 until 1700 and the Austrian Hapsburgs 1714-97. This type was struck 1636-41, 1646 and 1650.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 4,75 g.
Catalog reference: KM 58, Chestret 606; Dengis 1059.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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