Brabant 1652(h) 2 ducaton Dav-4453

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Schulman sale 375, lot 1051

This specimen was lot 1051 in Schulman sale 375 (Amsterdam, April 2023), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,711 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, PHILIPPE IV 1621–1665, Double ducaton. 1652. Anvers. 2me type. Piedfort de poids double. Buste du roi avec mince collet à droite, en haut main entre le millésime ·PHIL· IIII· D· G· HISP· ET· INDIAR· REX· R/. écu couronné et supporté par deux lions ·ARCHID· AVST· DV – X· BVRG· BRAB· Z- C:. R In het verleden opgewreven, doch weder fraai gepatineerd met een sterk uitgemunt portret. Très beau+. Zeer fraai +. (duchy of Brabant, Philip IV, 1621-65, double ducaton of 1652, Antwerp mint, second type. Obverse: crowned bust right with flat collar; reverse: crowned arms supported by two lions. Polished long ago, now retoned, nice portrait, very fine or better.)"

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 double ducaton shown here was struck at the Antwerp mint 1636-62 (hand mintmark, shown here) and at the Maastricht mint 1636-73. The series is plagued by bad planchets and poor strikes, reducing their appeal to collectors.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 64.96 g, 0.944 fine silver, this specimen 63.27 g.

Catalog reference: KM 75.1, GH. 327.1b; Delm-284a; de W. 1001/2; Dav-4453.

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]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 375, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2023.

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