Tournai 1608 3 real
This specimen was lot 1274 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €320 (about US$405 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"TOURNAI, Seigneurie, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AR triple réal, 1608. 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. G.H. 292-7b; Delm-247; Hoc 383; VH 594. Légère faiblesse de frappe. Eclat du flan. Belle patine foncée. Très Beau à Superbe. Provient de notre vente 102, 12 septembre 2009, 715. (lordship of Tournai, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, silver triple real of 1608, with tower mintmark on obverse and reverse. Obverse: accolated busts to left; reverse: crowned impaled arms of Austria and Burgundy over a Burgundian cross decorated with the jewels of the Golden Fleece. Slightly weakly struck, edge crack, nice toning, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The SCWC lists this for 1605-09 while Numista adds 1610 and 1611. Other triple reals were struck in Antwerp and Bruges.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.19 g, 0.896 fine silver, this specimen is 9,23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 10, G.H. 290-7; Hoc 378; VH 590.
- 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 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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