Burgundy 1625 patagon Dav-4472
This specimen was lot 745 in Jean Elsen sale 161 (Brussels, March 2025), where it sold for €240 (about US$313 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCHE-COMTÉ, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AR patagon, 1625, Dole. Différent: rosace. D/ Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne, portant le bijou de la Toison d'or. R/ Écu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Brisure du coin au droit. (free county of Burgundy, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver patagon of 1625, Dole mint. Obverse die break, Very Fine.)"
This type is recorded for 1622-28, 1634-36 and 1639 with star and rosette mintmarks (rosette shown here). Similar patagons were struck in Artois, Tournai, Flanders and Brabant. Long coveted by the French kings, the county finally fell to Louis XIV in the late 1670's and incorporated into the royal domain. Besançon, the capital, became the site of a French mint (mintmark "CC").
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.10 g, 0.875 fine silver, this specimen is 27,92 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-4472, KM 15, G.H. 329-8b; Delm. 299; VH 645.
- 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.
- 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 161, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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