Liege 1613 4 testons Dav-4290

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Jean Elsen sale 156, lot 1145

This specimen was lot 1145 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$8,340 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Ferdinand de Bavière (1612-1650), AR quadruple teston, 1613, Bouillon. D/ FERDINANDVS D G EPISCOPVS LEODIE B. à g. en costume électoral. R/ DVX BVLLONIENSIS Ecu de Bouillon couronné, sur une crosse et une épée en sautoir, entre trois fleurons. Extrêmement rare. Petits défauts de flan. Frappe faible. presque Très Beau. Provient de la collection A. Symkens, 25 novembre 1991 et de Jean Elsen, novembre 1984. (principality of Liège, Ferdinand of Bavaria, 1612-50, silver quadruple teston of 1613, Bouillon mint. Obverse: bust left in electoral costume; reverse: crowned arms of Bouillon over a cross and a sword between three florettes. Extremely rare, minor planchet defects, weak strike, about Very Fine.)

"Au moment de son émission, ce quadruple teston de Bouillon était la plus grande monnaie d'argent liégeoise jamais frappée. Il devait courir pour 60 patards de Brabant-Liège. (At the moment of its issue, the quadruple teston de Bouillon was the largest silver coin ever struck in Liège. It had a face value of sixty patards of Brabant.)"

The bishopric of Liège was an ecclesiastical state in central Belgium. The surrounding territory was ruled by the Spanish Hapsburgs from about 1500 until 1699 and the Austrian Hapsburgs 1714-97.

Ferdinand was the second of four prince-bishops from Bavaria. They were also dukes of Bouillon, archbishops of Cologne and electors of the Empire, all of which titles appeared in various combinations on their coins. They are as follows:

  • Ernest, r. 1581-1612, archbishop of Cologne (1583-1612), bishop of Münster (1584-1612), Freising, Hildesheim and Liège.
  • Ferdinand, r. 1612-50, archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Paderborn (1618-50) and Liège. Never ordained as a priest.
  • Maximilian Henry, r. 1650-88, archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim and Liège. Lost the duchy of Bouillon to Louis XIV.
  • Joseph Clement, r. 1688-1723, bishop of Regensburg and Freising (1685-94) and archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Hildesheim (1702-23) and Liège (1694-1723).
  • Clemens August, r. 1723-61, bishop of Regensburg (1716-19) and then archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Osnabrück and Paderborn but never ruled in Liège. His incompetence and extravagance ended Wittelsbach rule in Cologne.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen is 33,79 g.

Catalog reference: KM 48, Dav-4290, Chestret 585; coll. Piat 392; Dengis 1020 (four examples reported); Delm-460.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • [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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