Brabant (1560-77) real d'or Fr-66

Jean Elsen sale 141, lot 561

This specimen was lot 561 in Jean Elsen sale 141 (Brussels, June 2019), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,386 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe II (1555-1598), AV réal d'or, s.d. (1560-1577), Anvers. Sans le titre de roi d'Angleterre. Légende du droit débutant à 7h. D/ B. cuirassé et couronné à d. R/ Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Beau portrait. Très Beau à Superbe. Provient de notre vente 67, 15 septembre 2001, 1166. (duchy of Brabant, Philip II, 1555-98, undated gold real, Antwerp mint, without the title of king of England. Obverse legend starts at 7 o'clock. Obverse: crowned and armored bust right; reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Nice portrait, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

This type was struck at Antwerp (Fr-66, shown here) and Maastricht (Fr-67).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold, this specimen 5,33 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-66, G.H. 206-1d; Delm-112; W. 699; V.H. 261.

Source:

• 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.
• Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
• ^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 141, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.

Links to:

• Brabant (1555-76) 1/2 real d'or Fr-68
• Brabant (1557-60) real d'or Fr-64
• (1558-60) réal d'or, Maastricht mint
• Gelderland (1560-61) real d'or, without "ANG REX"
• (1560-76) couronne d'or, Antwerp mint
• Flanders (1555-98) 1/2 real d'or Fr-213
• Flanders (1560-76) real d'or Fr-211
• (1576-77)-B demi-réal d'or, Brussels mint
• Coins and currency dated 1560