Brabant 1705(h) patagon Dav-1709
This specimen was lot 562 in Jean Elsen sale 115 (Brussels, December 2012) where it sold for €480 (about US$733 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe V (1700-1712), AR patagon, 1705, Anvers. Droit: Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne, accostée du monogramme royal, ornée du bijou de la Toison d'or. Revers: Ecu couronné, entouré des colliers du Saint-Esprit et de la Toison d'or. Ex HSA 18665. Très Beau. (Duchy of Brabant, Philip V (1700-12), silver patagon of 1705, Antwerp mint. Obverse: crowned Burgundian cross, with the king's monogram. Reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Very fine.)"
Patagons were issued in the Spanish Netherlands and associated states (including the bishopric of Liège and Franche Comte) during the seventeenth century, where they competed with French écus, German talers and Dutch daalders and ducatons. These patagons were issued from Antwerp (hand mintmark, shown here) 1704-06 but all dates are rare. It is unlikely that Philip V, in whose name these coins were issued, ever ruled in the Spanish Netherlands as they were promptly occupied by Louis XIV's troops and then fought over by those troops and the Duke of Marlborough. By the Treaty of Utrecht (1715) they were turned over to the Austrians and passed from Spanish rule. Coinage for the region ceased until 1749 except for a few patterns.
Recorded mintage: 140,498.
Specification: 28.10 g, 0.875 fine silver; this specimen is 28.19 g.
Catalog reference: G.H., 366-1; Delm-355; W., 1097, Dav-1709, KM 130.
- 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 115: Collection Huntington, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
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