Tournai 1650 souverain d'or Fr-397

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Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 824

This specimen was lot 824 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,471 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"TOURNAI, Seigneurie, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AV souverain (lion d'or), 1650. D/ Lion deb. à g., couronné, brandissant une épée, la patte posée sur un globe placé sur un socle. R/ Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Rare. Léger tréflage. Superbe. (lordship of Tournai, Philip IV, 1621-65, gold souverain of 1650. Obverse: crowned lion rampant left, brandishing a sword, the other paw supporting a globe on a pedestal; reverse: crowned arms, order chain around. Rare, some weakly struck areas, Extremely Fine.)"

This type was struck 1633-34, 1641, 1644-45, 1648-65. Similar lions d'or were made in Flanders (Fr-227) and Brabant (Fr-107 & -108). The tower mintmark denotes this as a Tournai issue.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.54 g, 0.919 fine gold, this specimen 5,53 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-397, KM 51, G.H. 325-9; Delm-448; Hoc 487; VH 638.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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