Tournai 1616 1/4 patagon

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Jean Elsen sale 144, lot 1141

This specimen was lot 1111 in Jean Elsen sale 144 (Brussels, March 2020), where it sold for €60 (about US$79 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"TOURNAI, Seigneurie, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AR quart de patagon, 1616. D/ Croix de Bourgogne, sous une couronne, entre les monogrammes couronnés des archiducs, ornée du bijou de la Toison d'or. R/ Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Très Beau. (lordship of Tournai, Albert and Isabelle, 1598-1621, silver quarter patagon of 1616. Obverse: Burgundian cross under a crown divides the archducal monogram, decorated with the jewels of the Golden Fleece; reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Very Fine.)"

Patagons were issued in the Spanish Netherlands and associated states (including the bishopric of Liège and Franche Comte) during the seventeenth century, where they competed with French écus, German talers and Dutch daalders and ducatons. Patagons were struck at the Brussels mint and at Antwerp, s'Hertogenbosch and Maastricht. A very similar coin was struck for Flanders. Altho the half and quarter patagons are much scarcer than the patagons, they bring less at auction. The series is plagued by bad planchets and poor strikes, reducing their appeal to collectors. This type is not listed in the SCWC. The SCWC mentions a quarter patagon issued for Philip IV (KM 47) in 1626, 1630-35, 1644.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.02 g, 0.875 fine silver, this specimen 6,80 g.

Catalog reference: KM unlisted, G.H. 313-7b; Delm-273; Hoc 448; V.H. 621.

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 144, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

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