Brabant 1655(a) ducaton Dav-4454

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Schulman auction 379, lot 571
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This specimen was lot 571 in Schulman auction 379 (Amsterdam, June 2024), where it sold for €170 (about US$219 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT - Ducaton 1655, Silver, PHILIPPE IV 1621-1665 Bruxelles. 2me type. Buste du roi avec mince collet a droite, en haut tete entre le millesime .PHIL. IIII. D. G. HISP. ET. INDIAR. REX. R/. ecu couronne et supporte par deux lions .ARCHID. AVST. DV - X. BVRG. BRAB. Z- C. Nettoye. Tres beau. Licht gereinigd. Zeer fraai. (duchy of Brabant, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver ducaton of 1655, Brussels mint, second type. Obverse: bust right in thin collar, angel face mintmark and date above; reverse: crowned arms supported by two lions. Cleaned, 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. Fractional ducatons are much less frequently encountered. The regular type, issued 1636-65 from Antwerp (shown here, with hand mintmark) and Brussels, is scarce but not rare. The other provinces issued this type, including Artois, Flanders, Tournai and Luxembourg.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 32.48 g, 0.944 fine silver; this specimen 32.42 g.

Catalog reference: KM 72.2, GH. 327.3b; Delm-285; de W. 1021; Vanhoudt 642BS; Dav-4454.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, Schulman sale 379, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2024.

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