Brabant 1605 3 real
This specimen was lot 584 in Jean Elsen sale 141 (Brussels, June 2019), where it sold for €700 (about US$928 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AR triple réal, 1605, Anvers. D/ B. accolés des archiducs à g. R/ Ecu parti d'Autriche-Bourgogne, couronné, sur une croix de Bourgogne, orné du bijou de la Toison d'or. Très Beau. Provient de notre vente 54, 15 septembre 2001, 1627. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabelle, 1598-1621, silver triple real of 1605, Antwerp mint. Obverse: conjoint busts of the archdukes to left; reverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy over a Burgundian cross, adorned with the jewels of the Golden Fleece. Very Fine.)"
This rare type is listed for Antwerp for 1605-10. The denomination was also struck in Flanders 1607-08 (KM 8) and Tournai 1605-10 (KM 10).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.19 g, 0.896 fine silver, this specimen 9,13 g.
Catalog reference: KM 27, G.H. 292-1; Delm-245; W. 906; V.H. 594.
- 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 141, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.
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