Thorn 1569 rijksdaalder Dav-8672
This specimen was lot 971 in Jean Elsen sale 118 (Brussels, September 2013), where it sold for €350 (about US$552 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"THORN, Abdij, Margaretha van Brederode (1557-1577), AR rijksdaalder, 1569, Met titel van Maximiliaan II. Droit: Versierd wapenschild met vier leeuwen tussen M-DB, onder de Madonna met kind tussen het jaartal. Revers: Gekroonde rijksarend. Zeldzaam. Gereinigd. bijna Zeer Fraai (abbey of Thorn, Margaret of Brederode (1557-77), silver rijksdaalder of 1569, in the name of Maximilian II. Obverse: quartered arms supported by lions while the Madonna and Child divide the date; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Rare, mounted, about very fine.)"
Davenport lists this type for 1569-70.
Wikipedia notes, "the Abbey of Thorn was an imperial abbey of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now the Netherlands. It was founded in the 10th century and remained independent until 1794, when it was occupied by French troops. The self-ruling abbey enjoyed imperial immediacy and belonged to the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle. The population in 1796 was 2,975 inhabitants." The members of the abbey were not nuns but secular canonesses from the high nobility.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,10 g.
Catalog reference: Delm-774; v.d.Ch., 18, 21; Lucas, 43; Dav-8672.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 118, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2013.
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