Tournai 1607 3 reaal

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Jean Elsen sale 136, lot 890

This specimen was lot 890 in Jean Elsen sale 136 (Brussels, March 2018), where it sold for €650 (about US$954 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"TOURNAI, Seigneurie, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AR triple réal, 1607. Avec tour au droit et au revers. D/ B. accolés à g. R/ Ecu parti d'Autriche-Bourgogne, couronné, sur une croix de Bourgogne, orné du bijou de la Toison d'or. Rare Tranche irrégulière. Belle patine. Très Beau à Superbe. Provient de la collection Fürstenberg, vente Nomisma, Zürich, 26 février 1934, 1240 et de notre vente 87, 11 mars 2006, 403. (lordship of Tournai, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, silver triple real of 1607 with tower on obverse and reverse. Obverse: accolated busts to left; reverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy over a Burgundian cross, decorated with the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Rare, irregular rim, nice patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck in Tournai 1605-10 and is quite scarce. We also note a triple real (KM 27) from Brabant (Antwerp) and Flanders (KM 8).

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.19 g, 0.896 fine silver, this specimen 9,07 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 292-7b; Delm-247; Hoc 382, KM 10.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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 136: Collection Martiny, Collection Nef, Collection Casterman, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

Link to:

Retrieved from "https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=Tournai_1607_3_reaal&oldid=471899"