Flanders 1624 1/4 patagon
This specimen was lot 1284 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €120 (about US$139 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips IV (1621-1665), AR kwart patagon, 1624, Brugge. Vz/ Gekroond Bourgondisch kruis. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild omringd door de keten van het Gulden Vlies. Bast in de muntplaat. Mooie patina. (county of Flanders, Philip IV (1621-65), silver quarter patagon of 1624, Bruges mint. Obverse: Burgundian cross under a crown; reverse: crowned arms, order chain around. Planchet crack, nice patina, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
One patagon was 48 sols, stuivers or patards, making this coin twelve sols. Patagons are notoriously badly struck. This type was struck at Bruges 1624-25, 1628-32, 1638-40, 1644, 1654-57, 1660 and 1663. The common dates are 1624 and 1631. It is much scarcer than the full patagon.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7.03 g, 0.875 fine silver, this specimen 6,99 g.
Catalog reference: KM 37, G.H. 331-6; Delm. 313; VH 647.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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