Brabant (1603-07) real
This specimen was lot 1530 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €110 (about US$157 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), réal d'argent (5 patards), s.d. (1603-1607), Anvers. D/ Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. R/ Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne, entre les initiales A-E. Belle patine. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, undated silver real, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around; reverse: crowned Burgundian cross divides the initials "A - E". Nice patina, Very Fine.)"
This obscure type was also struck at Tournai, Maastricht (rare) and s'Hertogenbosch (very rare).
Reported Mintage: 52,491 from Maastricht plus 5,327,343 from Antwerp plus 14,933 from Bois-le-Duc.
Specification: 3.06 g, 0.896 fine silver, this specimen 2,92 g.
Catalog reference: KM 25.1, G.H. 293-1; W. 908; V.H. 595.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
Link to:
- (1602-10) gigot, Maastricht mint = ½ liard
- 1602 liard, Bois-le-Duc mint
- (1603-10) réal d'argent, Maastricht mint
- 1603 double albertin d'or, Antwerp mint
- Flanders 1603 1/4 real
- 1605 quarter real, Antwerp mint
- 1605 triple real
- 1607 triple real
- Tournai (1604-08) real d'argent = 5 patards
- Coins and currency dated 1603
- return to coins of Spanish Netherlands