Thorn 1570 rijksdaalder Dav-8672
This specimen was lot 818 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €700 (about US$974 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"THORN, Abdij, Margaretha van Brederode (1557-1577), AR rijksdaalder, 1570. Met titel van Maximiliaan II. Vz/ Versierd wapenschild met vier leeuwen tussen M-DB, onder de Madonna met kind tussen het jaartal. Kz/ Gekroonde rijksarend. Mooie patina. Zeer Fraai. (abbey of Thorn, Margaretha van Brederode, 1557-77, silver rixdollar of 1570, struck in the name of Maximilian II. Obverse: quartered arms with four lions divides M - DB, Madonna and Child above, dividing the date; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Nice patina, very fine.)"
Davenport lists this type for 1569-70.
Wikipedia notes, "the Abbey of Thorn was an imperial abbey of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now the Netherlands. It was founded in the 10th century and remained independent until 1794, when it was occupied by French troops. The self-ruling abbey enjoyed imperial immediacy and belonged to the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle. The population in 1796 was 2,975 inhabitants." The members of the abbey were not nuns but secular canonesses from the high nobility.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,95 g.
Catalog reference: Delm-774; Dav-8672.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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