Brabant 1698 4 patards
This specimen was lot 820 in Jean Elsen sale 149 (Brussels, December 2021), where it sold for €280 (about US$379 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles II (1665-1700), AR 4 patards, 1698, Anvers. D/ Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne, ornée du bijou de la Toison d'or. R/ Ecu couronné. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Charles II, 1665-1700, silver four patards of 1698, Antwerp mint. Obverse: Burgundian cross under a crown, bearing the jewels of the Golden Fleece; reverse: crowned arms. Very Fine.)"
This type was struck at Antwerp in 1698 and 1700 and is the only time in the seventeenth century that this denomination was struck. The previous issue was a century and a half before. It is scarce. As the degenerate Charles II lay dying, all of Europe awaited the inevitable war over his inheritance, of which Brabant was one of the chief prizes.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.90 g, 0.385 fine silver, this specimen 4,59 g.
Catalog reference: KM 121, G.H. 353-1; W. 1062; V.H. 718.
- 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 149: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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