Liege 1486 patard

Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 1123

This specimen was lot 1123 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €240 (about US$312 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean de Hornes (1485-1505), AR patard, 1486, Maastricht (?). Différent: étoile au droit et croisette au revers. D/ Ecu de Hornes entouré de flammèches, sous des nuées. R/ + SI DEVS NOBS'C' QVIS CO'T' NOS 86 Croix fleuronnée. Défauts de flan. Patine foncée. presque Très Beau. Provient de la collection A. Symkens, Liège, 25 novembre 1991. (prince-bishopric of Liège, John of Hoorn, 1485-1505, silver patard of 1486, probably Maastricht mint, star privy mark on the obverse and a crosslet on the reverse. Obverse: arms of Hoorn surrounded by flames, some clouds above; reverse: floriate cross. Flan defects, nice patina, about Very Fine.)"

This coin was also called an aidant or a stuiver.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 1,51 g.

Catalog reference: Chestret 408; Dengis 788; Levinson II-88.

Source:

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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