Liege 1489 2 patards
This specimen was lot 1122 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,431 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean de Hornes (1485-1505), AR double patard, 1486, Hasselt (?). Différents: croisette au droit et au revers. D/ Ecu de Hornes entouré de flammèches, sous des nuées. R/ + SI DVS NOBS'CV' QVIS COTR NOS 1ᴥ89 Croix fleuronnée, un cor en coeur. Extrêmement rare. Très Beau. Provient de la collection H. Frère, Liège, 20 mars 2002. (prince-bishopric of Liège, John of Hoorn, 1485-1505, silver double patard of 1489, Hasselt mint, crosslet privy mark. Obverse: arms of Hoorn surrounded by flames under some clouds; reverse: floriate cross, a horn at the center. Extremely rare, Very Fine.)"
Jean de Hornes's rival, Everard de la Marck, also struck double patards dated 1489.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2,84 g.
Catalog reference: Chestret 406; coll. Piat -; Dengis 787; Levinson II-121.
- 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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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