Liege 1567 rixdaler Dav-8415
This specimen was lot 1098 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €200 (about US$257 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Gérard de Groesbeeck (1564-1580), AR rixdaler, 1567, Hasselt. Au titre de Maximilien II de Habsbourg. D/ L'écu de l'évêque surmonté d'un heaume à cimier. R/ Aigle impériale éployée et couronnée. Très Beau. Provient de la collection A. Symkens, 25 novembre 1991. (principality of Liège, Gérard de Groesbeeck, 1564-80, rixdaler of 1567, Hasselt mint, struck in the name of Maximilian II. Obverse: helmeted arms of the bishop; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Very Fine.)"
The bishopric of Liège 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 1699 and the Austrian Hapsburgs 1714-97. This type was struck 1567-73. Accompanying half and quarter rixdalers exist but are much rarer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen is 28,61 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8415, Chestret 514; Dengis 935; Delm-451.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 156, Collection de Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.
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