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Revision as of 16:07, 25 November 2025
This specimen was lot 899 in Jean Elsen sale 136 (Brussels, March 2018), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,908 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"TOURNAI, Seigneurie, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AV souverain (lion d'or), 1649. 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. Frappé sur flan large, avec un coin de revers légèrement corrodé. Superbe. Provient de notre liste 253, juillet-septembre 2010, 738. (lordship of Tournai, Philip IV, 1621-65, gold souverain or lion of 1649. Obverse: crowned lion rampant to left, brandishing a sword, with an orb in the other paw. Obverse: crowmed arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Struck on a large flan with the reverse die lightly corroded, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck intermittently 1633-65 and is fairly common. Similar types were made in Flanders (Fr-227) and Brabant (Fr-107 & -108).
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.16 g, .988 fine gold, this specimen 5,50 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 325-9; Delm-448; Hoc 484; Delm--; Fr-397.
- 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 136: Collection Martiny, Collection Nef, Collection Casterman, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
Link to:
- 1648 souverain d'or, Bruges mint
- Tournai 1649 gigot = ½ liard
- Tournai 1649 1/2 ducaton
- 1649 patagon
- Brabant 1649(h) souverain d'or Fr-107
- 1650 souverain d'or
- 1652 escalin
- 1652 demi-patagon
- 1652 patagon
- Brabant 1652(a) souverain d'or Fr-108
- 1652 souverain d'or, Bruges mint
- Coins and currency dated 1649
- return to coins of Spanish Netherlands