Brabant (1560-76) couronne d'or Fr-70
This specimen was lot 1081 in Jean Elsen sale 146 (Brussels, November 2020), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,166 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe II (1555-1598), AV couronne d'or, s.d. (1560-1576), Anvers. D/ Croix fleurdelisée, cantonnée de deux lions et de deux briquets. R/ Ecu couronné, accosté de P-P. Griffes et petits coups. Très Beau. Provient de la collection A.M. Huntington et de notre vente 115, 8 décembre 2012, 188. (duchy of Brabant, Philip II, 1555-98, undated gold crown, Antwerp mint. Obverse: floriate cross, cantonned with two lions and two briquets; reverse: crowned arms divide "P-P". Scratches and minor nicks. Very Fine.)"
This type was struck in Brabant and Flanders and later in Artois and Tournai.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.31 g, 0.919 fine gold, this specimen 3,38 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-70, G.H. 209-1a; Delm-116; W. 706; V.H. 264.
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- 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.
- 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.
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