Burgundy 1634 patagon Dav-4472
This specimen was lot 864 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €240 (about US$312 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCHE-COMTE, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AR patagon, 1634, Dole. Différent: étoile. D/ Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne, portant le bijou de la Toison d'or. R/ Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Rare. Faiblesse de frappe. Belle patine. Très Beau. (free county of Burgundy, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver patagon of 1634, Dole mint, star privy mark. Obverse: Burgundian cross under a crown, bearing the firesteel of the Golden Fleece; reverse: crowned arms, Order chain around. Rare, weakly struck, nice patina, Very Fine.)"
The county of Burgundy was separated from the duchy of Burgundy when the Burgundian inheritance was partitioned in 1492. Long coveted by the French kings, the county finally fell to Louis XIV in 1678 and incorporated into the royal domain. Besançon, the capital, became the site of a French mint (mintmark "CC"). The SCWC lists the coinage of Burgundy under "French States" but we will file it with the rest of the issues of the Spanish Netherlands. This is from a type struck 1622-28, 1634-36, 1639. The mintmark is a cross or a rosette but the most obvious mark of origin is the legend "COM • BVRG • Zc".
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.10 g, 0.875 fine silver, this specimen 27,31 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-4472, KM 15, G.H., Suppl., 329-8c; Delm-299; Dole R30b; 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 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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