Austrian Netherlands 1773-IC SK souverain d'or Fr-420
This specimen was lot 1108 in Jean Elsen sale 146 (Brussels, November 2020), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,623 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AV double souverain, 1773IC-SK, Vienne. Type brabançon. D/ B. voilé à d. R/ Ecu échancré d'Autriche-Bourgogne, couronné, sur une croix de Bourgogne. Très Beau à Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, gold double souverain of 1773, Vienna mint, Brabanter type. Obverse: veiled bust right; reverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy over a Burgundian cross. Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
This type with the veiled bust of the empress was struck 1767-80 at Brussels and 1772-74 and 1780 at Vienna. Later souverains d'or were struck for Joseph II all over the Hapsburg empire.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.06 g, 0.919 fine gold, this specimen 11,10 g.
Catalog reference: KM 27, Her. 328; Eypeltauer 448; Fr-420.
- 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.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 146: Collection Anthony Lorrain Monnaies de Metz, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
Link to:
- 1771 souverain d'or, Brussels mint
- 1773-A CK ducat, Vienna mint
- 1773 14 liards, Brussels mint
- 1773-E HG double ducat, Karlsburg mint
- 1775 demi-souverain d'or, Brussels mint
- 1777 2 liards
- 1777 demi-souverain d'or, Brussels mint
- 1778 souverain d'or, Brussels mint
- 1780-IC FA souverain d'or, Vienna mint
- Coins and currency dated 1773