Namur 1503 2 patards

Jean Elsen sale 143, lot 1098

This specimen was lot 1098 in Jean Elsen sale 143 (Brussels, December 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"NAMUR, Comté, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AR double patard, 1503. D/ Dans un polylobe, écu couronné d'Autriche-Bourgogne, ne coupant pas la légende. R/ Croix fleuronnée, un lion en coeur. Rare Petite fêlure du flan. Très Beau. (county of Namur, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, silver double patard of 1503. Obverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy in a polylobe not interrupting the legend; reverse: floriate cross, lion at the center. Rare, edge defect, Very Fine.)"

At this time, the Hapsburgs were consolidating their hold on the Low Countries, a process that would not be completed until emperor Charles V obtained the holdings of the bishop of Utrecht in the 1520's. Unfortunately, at the same time, Protestantism was spreading in the Netherlands, ripping apart the Hapsburg's hoped-for unity.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 2,93 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 119-7; Chalon, Namur, 213; V.H. 151.

Source:

• ^[1]Elsen, Philippe, Vente Publique 143, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.

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