Brabant 1620(a) 2 ducaton Dav-4427

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Künker sale 400, lot 436

This specimen was lot 436 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,449 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BELGIEN, BRABANT, Albert und Isabella von Spanien, 1598-1621. Doppelter Dukaton 1620, Brüssel. R Hübsche Patina, sehr schön +. Exemplar der westfälischen Privatsammlung „Mehrfachportraits auf Münzen und Medaillen". (Belgium, duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella of Spain, 1598-1621, double ducaton of 1620, Brussels mint. Rare, handsome patina, choice very fine.)"

The type shown here was struck at the Brussels mint 1618-21. As a piedfort, it is rare. It accompanied the much more common single ducaton (Dav-4428).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 64.96 g, 0.944 fine silver, .985 troy oz ASW, this specimen 64.87 g.

Catalog reference: KM 50.2, Dav-4460; Dav-4427; Delm-249 a (R2); Vanhoudt 617 BS P2 (R3).

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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