Flanders 1673 ducaton Dav-4479
This specimen was lot 1379 in Jean Elsen sale 153 (Brussels, December 2022), where it sold for €460 (about US$582 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Karel II (1665-1700), AR dukaton, 1673, Brugge. Eerste type. Vz/ Bb. r. als kind. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild gesteund door twee leeuwen. Onderaan het juweel van het Gulden Vlies. Oneven rand. goede Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Charles II, 1665-1700, silver ducaton of 1673, Bruges mint, first type. Obverse: infant bust right; reverse: crowned arms supported by two lions, the jewel of the Golden Fleece below. Uneven edge, good Very Fine.)"
Ducatons were issued in the Spanish Netherlands and associated states (including the bishopric of Liège and Franche Comte) during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, where they competed with French écus, German talers and Dutch daalders and patagons. The type shown here was struck at the Bruges mint 1666-73 and 1676 for Charles II of Spain. The SCWC notes the Flemish ducatons as the most common, followed by the Brabant issue, tho none are plentiful today. The series is plagued by bad planchets and poor strikes, reducing their appeal to collectors.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 32.48 g, 0.944 fine silver; this specimen is 32,54 g.
Catalog reference: KM 64, Dav-4479, G.H. 348-4a; Delm-327; V.H. 692.
- 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 153, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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