Brabant 1610 3 real
This specimen was lot 595 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €400 (about US$520 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Albert et Isabelle (1598-1621), AR triple réal, 1610, 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. Très rare. presque Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621, silver triple real of 1610, 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. Very rare, about 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 9,10 g.
Catalog reference: KM 27, G.H. 292-1; Delm. 245; W. 906; 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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