Austrian Netherlands 1749(h) 1/8 ducaton
This specimen was lot 679 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$5,722 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AR huitième de ducaton, 1749, Anvers. Tranche laurée. D/ B. dr. et diad. à d. R/ Ecu couronné sur une croix de Bourgogne. Rare. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver one-eighth ducaton of 1749, Antwerp mint, laureate edge. Obverse: draped and diademed bust right; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross. Rare, Very Fine.)"
This type was struck in 1749-53 during the reign of Maria Theresia. The ducaton denomination was a holdover from Spanish rule in the seventeenth century and was replaced by the kronenthaler in 1755. The Austrians lost Belgium to Revolutionary France in 1797.
Reported Mintage: 1,638,000 for 1749-51.
Specification: 4.15 g, 0.944 fine silver; this specimen 4,13 g.
Catalog reference: KM 5, W. 1120; VH 805.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
Link to:
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