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[[Image:JE146-1179.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 146, lot 1179]] | [[Image:JE146-1179.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 146, lot 1179]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 1179 in Jean Elsen sale 146 (Brussels, November 2020), where it sold for €190 (about US$277 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''LIEGE, Principauté, Erard de la Marck (1506-1538), AE brûlé, 1525, Liège. Différent: perron. D/ Ecu de la Marck dans un trilobe cantonné d'annelets. R/ Croix pattée dans un quadrilobe cantonné d'annelets. Flan large. Très Beau.'' ([[Austria, Austria-Netherlands|bishopric of Liege]], Erard de la Marck, 1506-38, copper brulé of 1525, Liege mint. Obverse: arms of de la Marck in a trilobe cantonned with annulets. Large planchet, Very Fine.)"</blockquote> | + | This specimen was lot 1179 in Jean Elsen sale 146 (Brussels, November 2020), where it sold for €190 (about US$277 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''LIEGE, Principauté, Erard de la Marck (1506-1538), AE brûlé, 1525, Liège. Différent: perron. D/ Ecu de la Marck dans un trilobe cantonné d'annelets. R/ Croix pattée dans un quadrilobe cantonné d'annelets. Flan large. Très Beau.'' ([[Austria, Austria-Netherlands|bishopric of Liege]], Erard de la Marck, 1506-38, copper brulé of 1525, Liege mint. Obverse: arms of de la Marck in a trilobe cantonned with annulets. Large planchet, Very Fine.)"</blockquote> The term ''brûlé'' is more of a nickname than a denomination and referred to a number of different low value copper coins such as sous, deniers, duits and liards. Most were carelessly made, with bad strikes on crude planchets being normal. This example, unusually, is dated. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 07:16, 29 March 2024
This specimen was lot 1179 in Jean Elsen sale 146 (Brussels, November 2020), where it sold for €190 (about US$277 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Erard de la Marck (1506-1538), AE brûlé, 1525, Liège. Différent: perron. D/ Ecu de la Marck dans un trilobe cantonné d'annelets. R/ Croix pattée dans un quadrilobe cantonné d'annelets. Flan large. Très Beau. (bishopric of Liege, Erard de la Marck, 1506-38, copper brulé of 1525, Liege mint. Obverse: arms of de la Marck in a trilobe cantonned with annulets. Large planchet, Very Fine.)"
The term brûlé is more of a nickname than a denomination and referred to a number of different low value copper coins such as sous, deniers, duits and liards. Most were carelessly made, with bad strikes on crude planchets being normal. This example, unusually, is dated.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 1,88 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 451; Dengis 836.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 146: Collection Anthony Lorrain Monnaies de Metz, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
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