Flanders 1709 1/2 patagon
This specimen was lot 914 in Jean Elsen sale 133 (Brussels, June 2017), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,230 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Karel III (1703-1711), Spaanse troonpretendent, AR halve patagon, 1709, Brugge. Vz/ Gekroond stokkenkruis met een vuurijzer tussen gekroonde monogrammen. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild omringd door de keten van het Gulden Vlies. Zeer zeldzaam. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, pretender Charles III, 1703-11, silver half patagon of 1709, Bruges mint. Obverse: crowned Burgundian cross divides two monograms; reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Very rare, very fine.)"
The type was struck for the archduke Charles, who set off the War of the Spanish Succession, a good part of which was fought in the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium). His rival Philip V managed to hold on to his Spanish throne but was forced to surrender Brabant and Namur to the Austrians.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 14.05 g, 0.875 fine silver; this specimen is 13,92 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 378-2; Haeck 840; Delm-362, KM A117.2 (unlisted date).
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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]Numismatic Coins, Medals, Banknotes & Books: Auction 5, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2012.
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