Austrian Netherlands 1766(a) souverain d'or Fr-134

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Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 702

This specimen was lot 702 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,081 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AV double souverain, 1766, Bruxelles. Deuxième type. D/ B. couronné à d. R/ Ecu ovale d'Autriche-Bourgogne, couronné, sur une croix de Bourgogne. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, gold double souverain of 1766, Brussels mint, second type. Obverse: crowned bust right; reverse: crowned oval arms of Austria and Burgundy over a Burgundian cross. Very Fine.)"

The souverain denomination was a holdover from Spanish rule in the seventeenth century and was struck until the collapse of the ancien regime. This style was struck 1757-63 and 1766 at Antwerp and Brussels (shown here). The following year, to mark the death of Francis I in 1765, the empress's bust was modified to show her in a veil (Fr-137). The Austrians lost Belgium to Revolutionary France in 1797.

Reported Mintage: 135,000.

Specification: 11.06 g, 0.919 fine gold, 0.326 troy oz AGW; this specimen 11,08 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-134, KM 24, W. 1135; Delm-215; VH 808.

Source:

  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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.
  • [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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