Brabant 1619(a) 1/2 ducaton
This specimen was lot 906 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €200 (about US$279 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AR demi-ducaton, 1619, Bruxelles. D/ B. accolés des archiducs à d. R/ Écu couronné, tenu par deux lions, au-dessus du bijou de la Toison d'or. Rare. Craquelures du flan. Beau à Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, half ducaton of 1619, Brussels mint, Obverse: accolated busts of the archduke and archduchess to right; reverse: crowned shield supported by two lions, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Rare, planchet cracks, Fine - Very Fine.)"
Ducatons were issued in the Spanish Netherlands and associated states (including the bishopric of Liège and Franche Comte) during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, where they competed with French écus, German talers and Dutch daalders and patagons. The type shown here was struck at the Antwerp and Brussels mints 1618-21. The SCWC notes the Brussels issues as somewhat scarcer than the Antwerp issue, tho both are rare. The series is plagued by bad planchets and poor strikes, reducing their appeal to collectors.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 16.24 g, 0.944 fine silver; this specimen 16,07 g.
Catalog reference: KM 48.2, G.H. 310-3; Delm. 253; W. 962; VH 618.
- 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:
- 1618 demi-ducaton, Antwerp mint
- 1618 demi-ducaton, Brussels mint
- 1619 gigot (duit), Maastricht mint = ½ liard
- 1619 demi-patagon, Antwerp mint
- 1619 half ducaton, Antwerp mint
- 1619 patagon, Antwerp mint
- 1619 ducaton, Brussels mint
- 1619 double ducaton, Brussels mint
- 1619 double souverain d'or, Brussels mint
- Coins and currency dated 1619