Brabant 1570(h) 1/2 ecu

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Áureo y Calicó sale 345, lot 396
Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 516

The first specimen was lot 396 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €140 (about US$185 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1570. Felipe II. Amberes. 1/2 escudo borgoña. Ex Colección Rocaberti, Áureo 19/05/1992, nº 211. Ex Colección Balsach. MBC/MBC+. (duchy of Brabant, Philip II, half écu of Burgundy, Antwerp mint. Very fine or better.)"

This coin was also a half rijksdaalder. This specimen is unusually free of the planchet faults and striking defects normally seen on this type. This scarce type was also struck in Bruges for Flanders. That coin has the obverse legend, "PHS·D:G·HISP·Z·REX·COMES·FLAN·". The second specimen was lot 516 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,381 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe II (1555-1598), AR demi-écu de Bourgogne, 1507 (sic, au lieu de 1570), Anvers. D/ Croix de Bourgogne, chargée d'un briquet, accostée de la date. R/ Ecu d'Autriche-Bourgogne couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Le seul exemplaire connu. Flan large. Très Beau. Provient de Schulman, Amsterdam, vente 260, 10-12 mars 1975, 1437. (duchy of Brabant, Philip II, 1555-98, silver half Burgundian rijksdaalder of "1507" (error for 1570), Antwerp mint. Obverse: a Burgundian cross under a crown, charged with a firesteel, divides the date; reverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy, Order chain around. The only known example, large planchet, Very Fine.)"

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, the first specimen 12,62 g. the second specimen 14,27 g.

Catalog reference: Vti. 1106, Vanhoudt 291.AN. the second specimen G.H. 241-1 (non répertorié); Delm., Suppl., 97; W. -; VH 291 var.

Source:

  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
  • [2]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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