Liege 1751 4 liards
This specimen was lot 549 in Jean Elsen sale 138 (Brussels, September 2018), where it sold for €170 (about US$236 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean Théodore de Bavière (1744-1763), Cu 4 liards, 1751. D/ Ecu écartelé de Bavière couronné et placé sur une crosse et une épée en sautoir. R/ Cinq écussons disposés en croix: Looz, Hornes, Bouillon et Franchimont autour de Liège. . Frappé sur flan épais. Rare dans cette qualité. Superbe. (prince-bishopric of Liège, John Theodore of Bavaria, 1744-63, copper four liards of 1751. Obverse: quartered crowned arms of Bavaria over a cross and a sword; reverse: five shields arrayed in a cross; Loos, Hoorn, Bouillon and Franchimont around Liege. Struck on a polished flan, rare in this quality, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1750-52 along with a plaquette, double liard and a liard.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 15,53 g.
Catalog reference: KM 159, Chestret 689.
- Jean-Luc Dengis, Les Monnaies de la Principauté de Liege, 3 vols. Wetteren: Moneta, 2006.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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