Bouillon and Sedan 1614 ecu Dav-3817

Jean Elsen sale 137, lot 788

This specimen was lot 788 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BOUILLON ET SEDAN, Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne (1591-1623), AR écu de 30 sols, 1614, Sedan. D/ Aigle éployée portant l'écu au sanglier sur la poitrine. En dessous, 1614-XXX. R/ Ecu écartelé de la Tour, Auvergne, Turenne et Bouillon, Boulogne en coeur, dans un cartouche orné, sous une couronne. Très rare Griffes au revers. Très Beau. (county of Bouillon and Sedan, Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, 1591-1623, silver écu of thirty sols, 1614, Sedan mint. Obverse: eagle displayed supporting arms with a boar, date and denomination below; reverse: quartered arms of de la Tour, Auvergne, Turenne and Bouillon with Boulogne in the center, within an ornate cartouche. Very rare, scratches on the reverse, very fine.)"

The SCWC lists this duchy under French states as the area was annexed by Louis XIV in 1678 and permanently added to France but we list this with the Bishopric of Liege which had suzerainty in the early 1600's. It's a little light to be a true thaler but it is included by tradition.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 18,52 g.

Catalog reference: Delm. 398; P.A. 6303; Lucas, Bouillon, 25a; KM 19, Dav-3817.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
• ^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

Link to:

• Bouillon and Sedan 1613 ecu Dav-3816
• Bouillon and Sedan 1613 1/2 ecu
• Tournai 1613 2 souverain d'or Fr-391
• Bouillon and Sedan 1681 liard
• Coins and currency dated 1614
• return to coins of Liège