Cambrai 1567 daalder Dav-8214
This specimen was lot 778 in Jean Elsen sale 112 (Brussels, March 2012) where it sold for € 320 (about US$500 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"CAMBRAI, Archevêché, Maximilien de Berghes (1556-1570), AR écu (daldre), 1567, Au titre de Maximilien II. Droit : Ecu de Berghes sous un heaume. Revers : Aigle impériale couronnée. Rare. Fines fêlures du flan. Très Beau. (Archbishopric of Cambrai, Maximilien de Berghes (1556-1570), silver écu or daalder, in the name of Maximilian II. Obverse: arms of Berghes below a helmet; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Rare, some planchet cracks, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1567-70. Cambrai is now in France, in the department of the Nord.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,93 g.
Catalog reference: Robert, 167, 1; Delm-406; Dav-8214.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- 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 112, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
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