Brabant 1597(h) ecu Dav-8637
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This specimen was lot 75415 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPANISH NETHERLANDS. Brabant. Ecu, 1597. Antwerp Mint. Philip II. NGC EF-40. A well struck coin with relatively sharp central design detail on both sides, and light gray toning throughout. The planchet has a few natural flaws, including a small gap in the rim at 4 o'clock." Davenport mentions this type for 1585-92, 1595-98 from Antwerp and Maastricht. The hand below the king's bust on the obverse is the Antwerp mintmark.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-8637.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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