Artois 1629 gigot
This specimen was lot 1323 in Jean Elsen sale 154 (Brussels, March 2023), where it sold for €650 (about US$842 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ARTOIS, Comté, Philippe IV (1621-1640), Cu gigot, 1629, Arras. D/ Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne, accostée de la date. R/ Ecu couronné. Très rare. Très Beau. (county of Artois, Philip IV, 1621-40, copper gigot of 1629, Arras mint. Obverse: Burgundian cross under a crown divides the date; reverse: crowned arms. Very rare, very Fine.)"
According to the SCWC, this type was struck 1627-28, 1638-40. A gigot was half a liard. Artois was conquered by France in 1640 and was formally ceded by Spain in 1659.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 1,73 g.
Catalog reference: KM 6 (unlisted date), G.H. 338-7 (unlisted date); Dewismes -; V.H. 654.
- 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 154, Trouvaille de Labuissière, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.
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