Brabant 1631(h) ducaton Dav-4444

Jean Elsen sale 156, lot 914

This specimen was lot 914 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €200 (about US$257 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AR ducaton, 1631, Anvers. Premier type. D/ B. cuirassé à d., une grande fraise au col. R/ Ecu couronné, tenu par deux lions. En dessous, le bijou de la Toison d'or. Faiblesse de frappe. presque Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip IV, 1621-65, ducaton of 1631, Antwerp mint, first type. Obverse: armored bust right with ruffed collar; reverse: crowned arms supported by two lions; below, the jewels of the Golden Fleece. Weakly struck, about 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 here was struck at the Antwerp mint 1622-23, 1631-36 (hand mintmark, shown here) and at Brussels. A very similar coin was struck for Flanders. The series is plagued by bad planchets and poor strikes, but less so than the patagons.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 32.48 g, 0.944 fine silver, this specimen is 32,53 g.

Catalog reference: KM 56.1, Dav-4444, G.H. 327-1a; Delm-274; W. 1000; V.H. 640.

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.
• 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 156, Collection de Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.

Link to:

• 1621 ducaton, Brussels mint, Albert and Isabella
• 1631 quarter patagon, Brussels mint
• 1631 patagon, Antwerp mint
• 1631 patagon, Maastricht mint
• 1631 ducaton, Brussels mint
• Tournai 1631 ducaton
• 1631 double ducaton, Brussels mint
• 1631 triple ducaton, Antwerp mint
• 1632 quarter patagon, Bruges mint
• 1632 demi-ducaton, Antwerp mint
• 1632 patagon, Antwerp mint
• 1632 ducaton, Antwerp mint, Philip IV with ruffed collar
• Coins and currency dated 1631