Flanders 1632 ducaton Dav-4446
This specimen was lot 986 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,170 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips IV (1621-1665), AR dukaton, 1632, Brugge. Eerste type. Vz/ Bb. r., met brede kraag. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild gehouden door twee leeuwen. Onderaan het juweel van het Gulden Vlies. Gereinigd. Krasjes op vz. Op een uitzonderlijke brede muntplaat geslagen. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver ducaton of 1632, Bruges mnt, First type. Obverse: bust right with ruffed collar; reverse: Crowned arms supported by two lions, the jewel of the Golden Fleece below. Cleaned, Scratches on obverse, struck on an exceptionally wide planchet. Very Fine.)"
Ducatons were issued in the Spanish Netherlands and associated states (including the bishopric of Liège and Franche Comte) during the seventeenth century, where they competed with French écus, German talers and Dutch daalders and patagons. The type shown here was struck for Flanders in 1622 and 1631-36. Similar ducatons were struck for Tournai (Dav-4450), Artois (Dav-4448) and Brabant (Dav-4444). The series is plagued by bad planchets and poor strikes, tho less so than the patagons.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 32.48 g, 0.944 fine silver, .985 troy oz ASW, this specimen 32,11 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-4446, KM 35, G.H. 327-6a; Delm-276; VH 640.
- 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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