Burgundy 1624 1/2 patagon

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Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 863
the Franche Comte in 1648

This specimen was lot 863 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €200 (about US$260 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCHE-COMTE, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AR demi-patagon, 1624, Dole. Différent: rosace. D/ Croix de Bourgogne sous une couronne, portant le bijou de la Toison d'or. R/ Ecu couronné, entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Très rare. Nettoyé. Très Beau. (free county of Burgundy, Philip IV, 1621-65, silver half patagon of 1624, Dole mint, rosette privy mark. Obverse: Burgundian cross under a crown, supporting the jewel of the Golden Fleece; reverse: crowned arms, Order chain around. Very rare, cleaned, Very Fine.)"

Altho Franche Comte is today a region of France to the east of Burgundy, in the sixteenth century it was firmly part of the Holy Roman Empire and was ruled by the Spanish branch of the Hapsburgs in the person of Philip II. Long coveted by the French kings, the county finally fell to Louis XIV in the late 1670's and incorporated into the royal domain. Besançon, the capital, became the site of a French mint (mintmark "CC"). The SCWC lists the coinage of Burgundy under "French States" but we will file it with the rest of the issues of the Spanish Netherlands. This is an unlisted date of a type struck until 1638. The mintmark is a cross or a rosette but the most obvious mark of origin is the legend "COM • BVRG • Zc".

Reported Mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 14.05 g, 0.875 fine silver, this specimen 14,12 g.

Catalog reference: KM 14 (unlisted date), G.H. 330-8 (unlisted date); Delm., Suppl., 307; Dole R31 (8 examples reported).

Source:

  • 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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