Brabant 1545 couronne d'or Fr-62
This specimen was lot 995 in Jean Elsen sale 151 (Brussels, June 2022), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,249 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AV écu d'or au soleil, 1545, Anvers. D/ Ecu couronné d'Autriche-Bourgogne, accosté de deux briquets. R/ Croix fleurdelisée, cantonnée de deux aigles et de deux tours. Très Beau à Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Charles V, 1506-55, gold écu of the sunburst of 1545, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy divide two firesteels; reverse: floriate cross cantonned with two eagles and two towers. Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
The couronne d'or was issued from Antwerp and Maastricht in Brabant 1542-55, as well as Flanders, Holland, Gelderland and elsewhere. Couronnes d'or were struck again in the Spanish Netherlands about 1615-42 but by then the northern provinces had seceded.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.31 g, 0.919 fine gold, this specimen is 3,37 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-62, G.H. 186-1; Delm-102; W. 664; V.H. 223.
- 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 151: Collection Paul Witte, Monnaies de Brabant, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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