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Revision as of 15:29, 9 January 2022
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, Zurich, 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, .896 fine silver, this specimen 9,07 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 292-7b; Delm. 247; Hoc 382, KM 10.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 136: Collection Martiny, Collection Nef, Collection Casterman, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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