Batenburg 1564 daalder Dav-8565
This specimen was lot 1130 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €360 (about US$499 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, BATENBURG, Willem van Bronckhorst (1556-1573), AR daalder van 30 stuiver, 1564. Vz/ Klimmende leeuw n.l. Kz/ Gekroonde rijksarend met borstschild. Gereinigd. (Netherlands, County of Batenburg, William of Bronkhorst, 1556-73, silver daalder of thirty stuivers of 1564. cleaned, Very Fine.)"
The lords of Bronkhorst were barons of Batenburg in Gelderland and from there began issuing daalders in the 1550's. Two dozen types are noted in Davenport (not including minors) before minting ceased about 1579. Numista notes three different daalders for 1564: Delm-541 ("DENA ✤ NO ✤ D ✤ BA ✤ TRIGINT ✤ ST ✤ 64"), Delm-542 ("DENA' ⋆ NOVVS ⋆ D ⋆ BATENB' ⋆ TRIQVINTA ⋆ STVE'", shown here) and Delm-543 ("MONETA ⋆ NOVA ⋆ ARGENTEA ⋆ BATENBORGEN"). They are likely the ancestor of the later leeuwendaalders of the republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 26.2-28.0 g, silver, this specimen 27,80 g.
Catalog reference: v.d.Ch. 13, 39; Delm. 542; Dav-8565.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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