Stavelot (1612-14) 2 sols
This specimen was lot 1528 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €240 (about US$333 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"STAVELOT, Abbaye, Ferdinand de Bavière (1612-1650), AR double sol, s.d. (avant mai 1614). Au titre de Matthias II. D/ Écu couronné aux armes écartelées de Bavière-Palatinat, l'écusson de Stavelot en surtout, entre II-S. R/ Aigle impériale couronnée. Très rare. Frappe faible. Provient de la collection Symkens, Liège. (abbey of Staelot, Ferdinand of Bavaria, 1612-50, undated double sol, struck before May 1614 in the name of Matthias II. Obverse: crowned quartered arms of Bavaria-Palatinate with the escutcheon of Stevelot dividing the value; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Very rare, weakly struck, Fine - Very Fine.)"
This obscure item is not listed in the SCWC. Numista mentions a half real (N#366074) issued at this time but not this coin. Ferdinand of Bavaria, abbot of Stavelot, was also archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Paderborn (1618-50) and Liège. He was never ordained as a priest.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 1,90 g.
Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Chestret, RBN (1892), 199, 19.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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