Brussels 1580 18 sols

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Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 555
Brabant in 1559, from Shepherd's atlas

This specimen was lot 555 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Bruxelles assiégée par Alexandre Farnèse (1579-1580), AR plaque uniface de 18 sols, 1580. D/ PERFER ET OBDVRA BRVXELLA Ecu au saint Michel, tête casquée, terrassant le dragon, accosté de la date, sous la valeur ·18· ST·. Eclat du flan. Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Brussels besieged by Alexander Farnese, silver uniface plaque of 18 sols of 1580. Obverse: arms of St. Michael wearing a helmet and slaying the dragon divides the date, value below. Nicked, Extremely Fine.)"

Farnese eventually reconquered the southern low Countries for Spain but besieged and destroyed Maastricht, Brussels, Tournai and Antwerp in the process. His campaign against the northern provinces was a destructive failure.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver; this specimen 12,47 g.

Catalog reference: W. 825; Delm-217a; van Gelder 161; VH 541.

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.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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