Brabant 1616(t) gigot
This specimen was lot 1469 in Jean Elsen sale 155 (Brussels, June 2023), where it sold for €60 (about US$79 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), Cu gigot (duit), 1616, Bois-le-Duc. D/ Ecu couronné. R/ Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, copper gigot or duit of 1616, Bois-le-Duc mint. Obverse: crowned arms; reverse: Burgundian cross under a crown. Very Fine.)"
A gigot or duit was half a liard and this coin is catalogued as a half liard in the SCWC. It was struck 1615-16 at Bois-le-Duc and also at Antwerp, Maastricht and Brussels.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 1,72 g.
Catalog reference: KM 32.3, G.H. 300-4; W. 994; 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 155, Collection Marc Bar et Distinctions de Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.
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