Austrian Netherlands 1752(h) 1/2 souverain d'or Fr-135

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Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 657

This specimen was lot 657 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,211 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AV souverain, 1752, Anvers. Deuxième type. D/ B. dr. et couronné à d. R/ Ecu ovale d'Autriche-Bourgogne, couronné, sur une croix de Bourgogne. Rare dans cette qualité. Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, gold souverain of 1752, Antwerp mint, second type. Obverse: crowned bust right; reverse: crowned oval arms of Austria and Burgundy over a Burgundian cross. Rare in this quality, Extremely Fine.)"

This type was struck in 1750-52 at Antwerp and Bruges during the reign of Maria Theresia. The souverain denomination was a holdover from Spanish rule in the seventeenth century and was struck until the collapse of the ancien regime. The Austrians lost Belgium to Revolutionary France in 1797.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.53 g, 0.919 fine gold, .163 troy oz AGW, 22 mm diameter; this specimen 5,57 g.

Catalog reference: KM 14, W. 1115; Delm-212; VH 810.

Source:

  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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.

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