Brabant 1616(a) gigot
This specimen was lot 1531 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €140 (about US$200 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), Cu gigot, 1616, Bruxelles. Avec légendes de droit et de revers interverties. D/ Croix de Bourgogne entre la date, sous une couronne. R/ Ecu couronné. Rare. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, copper gigot of 1616, Brussels mint, with legends on the obverse. Obverse: Crowned Burgundian cross divides the date; reverse: crowned arms. Rare, Very Fine.)"
This type was also struck at Antwerp, s'Hertogenbosch and Maastricht. It was valued at half a liard.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 1,83 g.
Catalog reference: KM 32.2, G.H. 300-3; W. 960; V.H. 593.
- 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:
- Brabant 1596 gigot, Maastricht mint
- 1597 duit = gigot
- 1615 patard, Brussels mint
- 1616 gigot (duit), Bois-le-Duc mint
- Flanders 1616 dubbele penning
- 1616 patard, Bois-le-Duc mint
- 1616 demi-patagon, Antwerp mint
- 1616 patagon, Antwerp mint
- 1619 gigot (duit), Maastricht mint = ½ liard
- 1619 demi-patagon, Antwerp mint
- Artois 1629 gigot
- Coins and currency dated 1616
- return to coins of Spanish Netherlands