Brabant 1633(a) ducaton Dav-4444

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Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 626

This specimen was lot 626 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €440 (about US$572 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AR ducaton, 1633, Bruxelles. Premier type. D/ B. cuirassé à d., une grande fraise au col. R/ Ecu couronné, tenu par deux lions. En dessous, le bijou de la Toison d'or. Flan large. Nettoyé. Faiblesse de frappe. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver ducaton of 1633, Brussels mint, first type. Obverse: armored bust right with ruffed collar; reverse: crowned arms supported by two lions, the jewel of the GOlden Fleece below. Large planchet, cleaned, weakly struck, 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 mint (hand mintmark) and at Brussels (angel face mintmark, shown here) 1624, 1631-36 . A very similar coin was struck for Flanders (Dav-4446). The series is plagued by bad planchets and poor strikes, but less so than the patagons.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: 32.48 g, 0.944 fine silver, this specimen 32,38 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-4444, KM 56.2, G.H. 327-3a; Delm-275; W. 1020; VH 640.

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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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