Brabant 1617(t) escalin
The first specimen was lot 930 in Jean Elsen sale 143 (Brussels, December 2019), where it sold for €140 (about US$183 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AR escalin au paon, 1617, Bois-le-Duc. D/ Paon faisant la roue, les ailes éployées, avec l'écu d'Autriche-Bourgogne sur la poitrine. R/ Ecu couronné sur une croix de Bourgogne. Rare. Beau à Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, escalin of the peacock of 1617, Bois-le-Duc mint. Obverse: peacock dislaying its feathers, supporting the arms of Austria-Burgundy on his breast; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross. Rare, Fine - Very Fine.)"
The second specimen was lot 115 in Sincona sale 63 (Zürich, June 2020), where it sold for 300 CHF (about US$376 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"BELGIUM | Brabant, Herzogtum, Albert und Isabella, 1598-1621. Escalin 1617, 's-Hertogenbosch. Vorzüglich. Übliche Prägeschwäche. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, escalin of 1617, 's-Hertogenbosch mint. Extremely fine, With the usual weak strike.)"
This type was struck at Bois-le-Duc (shown here, 1617 only), Brussels (1618-21 and ND) and Antwerp (1620-21 and ND). It is described in the SCWC as having an eagle on the obverse but peacock is clearly the correct bird. The later type of 1621-57 (KM 52, lion with sword on the obverse) is much more common.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 5.26 g, .582 fine silver, the first specimen 4,55 g, the second specimen 4.93 g.
Catalog reference: KM 47.3, G.H. 314-4; W. 985; Vanhoudt 623.
- 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, Vente Publique 143, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.
- [2]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 63: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2020
Link to:
- (1612-16) escalin au paon, Brussels mint
- 1614 demi-patard, Brussels mint
- 1614 demi-patard, Bois-le-Duc mint
- 1616 gigot, Bois-le-Duc mint
- 1617 quart patagon, Bois-le-Duc mint
- 1617 patagon, Brussels mint
- 1617 patagon, Bois-le-Duc mint
- Flanders (1622) escalin
- Coins and currency dated 1617
- return to coins of Spanish Netherlands