Brabant 1623(s) escalin

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Jean Elsen sale 159, lot 815. the star mintmark is above the lion's sword
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This specimen was lot 815 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €220 (about US$283 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AR escalin, 1623, Maastricht. D/ Lion deb. à g., ten. une épée et un écu ovale d'Autriche-Bourgogne. R/ Ecu couronné sur une croix de Bourgogne. Rare. Beau à Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver escalin of 1623, Maastricht mint. Obverse: lion rampant left bearing a sword and the oval arms of Austria-Burgundy; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundina cross. Rare, fine to very fine.)"

This type was struck at Antwerp (hand mintmark, KM 52.1), Maastricht (star mintmark, KM 52.2, shown here, struck 1624-32), Brussels (angel face mintmark, KM 52.3) and 's Hertogenbosch (tree mintmark, KM 52.4), as well as Arras, Tournai, Burgundy and Luxembourg. It was called a schelling in the north and was worth six stuivers. Common in low grade, it is very scarce choice.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.26 g, 0.582 fine silver, this specimen 5,04 g.

Catalog reference: KM 52.2, G.H. 333-2; W. 1036; VH 648.

Source:

  • 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 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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