Flanders 1616 2 souverain d'or Fr-223
This specimen was lot 1063 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €5,500 (about US$7,062 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Albrecht en Isabella (1598-1621), AV dubbele souverein, 1616, Brugge. Vz/ De aartshertogen met zwaard en scepter op een troon gezeten. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild omringd door de keten van het Gulden Vlies. Zeer zeldzaam. Barstje op vz. goede Zeer Fraai. Uit verzameling A.M. Huntington, onze veiling 115, 8 december 2012, 977. Zie vergroting op de kaft. (county of Flanders, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, gold double souverain of 1616, Bruges mint. Obverse: the archdukes enthroned with sword and scepter; reverse: crowned arms, order chain around. Very rare, die crack on the obverse, good very fine. ex-A. M. Huntington Collection.)"
This type was struck in Flanders, Tournai and Brabant 1612-20 but all dates are rare. Note the "FLA" next to the crown on the reverse.
Recorded mintage: 5,730.
Specification: 11.08 g, 0.947 fine gold, this specimen 11,07 g.
Catalog reference: KM 16, Fr-223, G.H. 304-6b; Haeck 776; Delm-554.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
Link to:
- Tournai (1612-21) double souverain d'or
- 1613 dubbele souverein
- Tournai 1616 double denier
- 1616 dubbele penning
- Brabant 1616 gigot, Brussels mint = ½ liard
- Brabant 1616 gigot, Bois-le-Duc mint
- Tournai 1616 quarter patagon, Albert and Isabella
- Brabant 1616 demi-patagon, Antwerp mint
- Tournai 1616 patagon
- Brabant 1616 patagon, Antwerp mint
- 1616 patagon, Bruges mint
- Brabant 1616 couronne d'or, Antwerp mint
- Tournai 1616 double souverain d'or
- Coins and currency dated 1616