Issuing authority
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- Kind
- principality
- Region
- Low Countries, Europe
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
8
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
8 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1389 – 1752
8 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (8)
Filter these entries by era, material or confidenceSorted by date, earliest first.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Bishopric of Liège, John of Bavaria, griffin
1389 - 1418
Silver coin. Obverse: griffin facing left with a coat of arms in front of it. Reverse: on a quatrefoil, a long decorated cross with feet, in the center a coat of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2453; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworkin…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Double schelling of Cornelius of Bergen, Prince-Bishop of Liège
1538 - 1544
Obverse: coat of arms within legend. Reverse: cross fleury within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-148; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.3 cm x weight 5.36 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Bishopric of Liège, Maximilian Henry, ducaton, 1671
1671
Silver coin. Obverse: portrait of the bishop to the right. Date in the legend. Reverse: crowned composite coat of arms supported by two lions. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2466A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measure…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Bishopric of Liège, sede vacante, patagon, 1688
1688
Silver coin. Obverse: within a decorated oval, portrait of Saint Lambert facing left. Year at the top in the legend. Reverse: crowned composite coat of arms. Edge lettering [?]. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1360; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (me…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Liard (quarter stuiver) of the vacant episcopal see of Liège
1688
Obverse: bust of a man with mitre within an inscription. Reverse: crowned coat of arms between the date within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1361; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.4 cm x weight…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
See of Liège vacant
1688
Silver coin. Obverse: bust of a man wearing a mitre within legend. Reverse: crowned coat of arms within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1362; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4 cm x weight 27.35 g.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
The episcopal see of Liège vacant
1694
Silver coin. Obverse: bust of a man with mitre within inscription. Reverse: crowned coat of arms below date within inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1654; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.8 cm x weight…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Stuiver of 4 oorden from the Bishopric of Liège of John Theodore of Bavaria, 1752
1752
Copper coin. Obverse: between value designation 4 L, a crowned coat of arms on a sword and crozier. Reverse: in the centre a crowned coat of arms, surrounded by four coats of arms. In the corners the digits 1, 7, 5 and 2. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2488; its record gives material recor…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 14th century1
- 16th century1
- 17th century5
- 18th century1
Only the 8 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Silver6
- Bronze1
- Copper1
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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