Namur 1579 2 deniers
This specimen was lot 915 in Jean Elsen sale 135 (Brussels, December 2017), where it sold for €160 (about US$222 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NAMUR, Comté, Philippe II (1555-1598), Cu double denier (8 mites), 1579. Différent: lis au droit et au revers. D/ Croix de Bourgogne cantonnée de quatre annelets (en une ligne horizontale). PHILIP• en début de légende. R/ Ecu namurois couronné. Rare Avec étincelles au briquet. Très Beau. (Spanish Netherlands, county of Namur, Philip II, 1555-98, copper double denier (eight mites) of 1579, privy mark: lily on the reverse. Obverse: Burgundian cross divides four annulets; reverse: crowned arms of Namur. Rare, very fine.)"
The weight of this specimen matches this liard of Artois, so we surmise that they were equal in value.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 4,95 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 266-13a; Chalon, Namur, 238.
- 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 135, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.
Link to:
- Namur (1513-16) maille
- Namur 1578 gros = demi-patard
- Namur 1578 denier
- Flanders (1578-80) oord states revolt
- Brabant 1581 gigot
- Artois 1582 liard
- Flanders 1616 dubbele penning
- Coins and currency dated 1579
- return to coins of Spanish Netherlands