Brabant (1521-52) carolus d'or Fr-59
This specimen was lot 641 in Jean Elsen sale 138 (Brussels, September 2018), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$2,082 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AV florin Karolus d'or (tiers de réal), s.d. (1521-1552), Maastricht. Avec étoile au droit et couronne au revers. Ponctuation par points. D/ L'empereur couronné de f., ten. l'épée et le globe cr. R/ Aigle impériale présentant le grand écu à seize quartiers. Très rare. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles V, 1506-55, undated gold karolus florin (one-third real), Maastricht mint, star on obverse and crown on reverse, punctuated with dots. Obverse: the crowned emperor facing, holding sword and orb; reverse: imperial eagle supports a shield with sixteen quarters. Very rare, very fine.)"
This type is among the more available gold coins of the reign but the Maastricht product is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold; this specimen is 2,86 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-59; G.H. 185-2a var.; Delm-107 var.; W. -.
- 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.
- van Gelder, H. Enno, and Marcel Hoc, Les Monnaies des pays-Bas Bourguignons et Espagnols, 1434-1713, Amsterdam, J. Schulman, 1960, with supplement of 1964.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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