Brabant 1609 3 real
This specimen was lot 594 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,691 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AR triple réal, 1609, Anvers. D/ B. accolés des archiducs à g. R/ Ecu parti d'Autriche-Bourgogne, couronné, sur une croix de Bourgogne, orné du bijou de la Toison d'or. De la plus haute rareté. Exemplaire bien frappé, sur flan large. Nettoyé. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, silver triple real of 1609, Antwerp mint. Obverse: accolated busts of the archdukes left; reverse: crowned impaled arms of Austria and Burgundy over a Burgundian cross, adorned with the jewel of the Golden Fleece. Extremely rare, well struck on a large planchet, cleaned, Very Fine.)"
This rare type is listed for Antwerp for 1605-10. The denomination was also struck in Flanders 1607-08 (KM 8) and Tournai 1605-10 (KM 10).
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.19 g, 0.896 fine silver, this specimen 8,83 g.
Catalog reference: KM 27 (unlisted date), G.H. 292-1 (unlisted date); Delm-245 (unlisted date); W. -; VH 594.
- 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 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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