Brabant 1618(a) 1/2 patard
This specimen was lot 918 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), billon demi-patard, 1618, Bruxelles. D/ Croix avec le monogramme AE en coeur, dans un quadrilobe. R/ Armes des archiducs en plein champ. Rare. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, billon half patard of 1618, Brussels mint. Obverse: cross with the AE monogram at the center within a quadrilobe; reverse: arms of the archdukes in a plain field. Rare, Very Fine.)"
The SCWC lists this from Antwerp, Bois-le-Duc and Brussels for 1614-19. Numista calls it a half stuiver, which it likely what it was called in Flanders.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1 g, 0.219 fine silver; this specimen 0,72 g.
Catalog reference: KM 41.2, G.H. 317-3b; W. 959; VH 626.
- 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 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
Link to:
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- 1618 demi-ducaton, Antwerp mint
- 1618 demi-ducaton, Brussels mint
- 1618 patagon, Brussels mint
- 1618 ducaton, Antwerp mint
- 1618 double ducaton, Antwerp mint
- 1618 double souverain d'or, Brussels mint
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