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Revision as of 10:01, 10 July 2024
This specimen was lot 801 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €380 (about US$488 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AR demi-ducaton, 1635, Anvers. Premier type. D/ B. cuirassé à d., une grande fraise au col. R/ Ecu couronné, soutenu par deux lions. En dessous, le bijou de la Toison d'or. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver half ducaton of 1635, Antwerp mint, first type. Obverse: armored bust to right with ruffed collar; reverse: crowned arms supported by two lions, jewel of the order of the Golden Fleece below. Very fine.)"
Ducatons were issued in the Spanish Netherlands and associated states (including the bishopric of Liège and Franche Comte) during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, where they competed with French écus, German talers and Dutch daalders and patagons. The type shown, a half ducaton, here was struck at the Antwerp and Brussels mints 1624, 1628-37. A very similar coin was struck for Flanders, Tournai and Artois. The SCWC notes the Brussels issues as the most common, followed by the Antwerp issue, tho none are plentiful today. The series is plagued by bad planchets and poor strikes, reducing their appeal to collectors.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 32.48 g, 0.944 fine silver, .985 troy oz ASW, this specimen 16,22 g.
Catalog reference: KM 60.2, G.H. 328-1a; Delm. 279; W. 1005; VH 641.
- 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 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
Link to:
- 1634 demi-ducaton, Brussels mint
- 1634 ducaton, Brussels mint
- 1634 ducaton, Antwerp mint
- Burgundy 1635 1/4 ducaton = teston
- 1635 ducaton, Antwerp mint
- 1635 ducaton, Brussels mint
- Artois 1635 ducaton Dav-4448
- 1635 double souverain d'or, Brussels mint
- 1636 demi-ducaton, Brussels mint
- 1636 ducaton, Brussels mint
- 1636 ducaton, Antwerp mint
- Coins and currency dated 1635