Brabant 1658(h) souverain d'or Fr-107

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Jean Elsen sale 135, lot 977
Brabant in 1559, from Shepherd's atlas

This specimen was lot 977 in Jean Elsen sale 135 (Brussels, December 2017), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,355 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AV souverain (lion d'or), 1658, Anvers. D/ Lion deb. à g., couronné, brandissant une épée, la patte posée sur un globe placé sur un socle. R/ Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Rare. Superbe/Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip IV, 1621-65, gold souverain of 1658, Antwerp mint. Obverse: lion rampant to left, brandishing a sword and supporting a globe; reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Rare, extremely fine to very fine.)"

This type is listed for Antwerp (shown here) and Brussels (angel face mintmark, Fr-108) for 1648-65. Similar lions d'or were struck in Flanders and Tournai.

Recorded mintage: 64,000.

Specification: 5.54 g, 0.988 fine gold; this specimen is 5,58 g.

Catalog reference: G.H., 325-1; Delm-170; W., 998, Fr-107 (listed under Belgium), KM 77.1.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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 135, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.

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