Brabant (1524-36) 1/2 real

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Jean Elsen sale 144, lot 1055

This specimen was lot 1055 in Jean Elsen sale 144 (Brussels, March 2020), where it sold for €125 (about US$165 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AR demi-réal d'argent, s.d. (1524-1536), Maastricht. Ponctuation par étoiles. Différent au revers. D/ Ecu impérial couronné, posé sur une croix pattée. R/ Ecu aux seize quartiers couronné. Rare. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles V, 1506-55, undated silver half real, Maastricht mint, punctuated with stars. Obverse: crowned imperial arms over a cross pattéee; reverse: crowned arms with sixteen quarters. Rare, Very Fine.)"

At this time, the Hapsburgs were consolidating their hold on the Low Countries, a process that would not be completed until emperor Charles V obtained the holdings of the bishop of Utrecht in the 1520's. Unfortunately, at the same time, Protestantism was spreading in the Netherlands, ripping apart the Hapsburg's hoped-for unity. Later silver reals of the seventeenth century had a face value of five sols; we don't know what this one was worth in its time.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon, 2,92 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 191-2a; W. -; V.H. 228.

Source:

  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 144, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

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