Flanders 1669 patagon Dav-4494
This specimen was lot 1287 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €200 (about US$231 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Karel II (1665-1700), AR patagon, 1669, Brugge. Vz/ Gekroond stokkenkruis met een vuurijzer tussen het jaartal en het juweel van het Gulden Vlies. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild omringd door de keten van het Gulden Vlies. (county of Flanders, Charles II, 1665-1700, silver patagon of 1669, Bruges mint. Obverse: Burgundian cross below a crown, with the jewels of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Very Fine.)"
One patagon was 48 sols, stuivers or patards. It was equal to the Dutch silver ducat which was first issued in 1659. Patagons are notoriously badly struck. This type was struck at Bruges 1666-80, 1683-92.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.10 g, 0.875 fine silver, 42 mm diameter, this specimen 28,25 g.
Catalog reference: KM 63, Dav-4494, G.H. 350-4a; Delm. 344; VH 698.
- 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 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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