Brabant 1577(h) ecu Dav-8634

Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 78460

This specimen was lot 78460 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPANISH NETHERLANDS. Brabant. Daalder (Ecu), 1577. Antwerp Mint. Philip II. PCGS Genuine--Scratch, VF Details. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1572-82 and 1585 at Antwerp and Maastricht. The year 1577 is when the States Revolt erupted, the only time the southern provinces joined the northern Protestants in rebelling against Spanish rule.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 34.2 g, 0.833 fine silver, 42 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dav-8634; Delm-17.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1575 écu Philippe, Antwerp mint
• 1576-B écu Philippe, bust left, Brussels mint
• (1576-77)-B demi-réal d'or, Brussels mint
• 1577 patard, States' Revolt, Maastricht mint
• 1577 demi-écu des Etats, Brussels mint
• 1577 demi-écu des Etats, Maastricht mint
• 1578 states daalder, Antwerp mint
• 1578 states daalder, Maastricht mint
• Coins and currency dated 1577