Brabant (1521-52) 1/2 real d'or Fr-60
This specimen was lot 1477 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €440 (about US$627 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AV demi-réal d'or, s.d. (1521-1552), Anvers. Ponctuation par croisettes. D/ Ecu impérial couronné, sur une croix fleuronnée. R/ Ecu à seize quartiers couronné. Fine fêlure du flan. Très Beau à Superbe. Provient de notre vente 73, 15 mars 2003, 829. (duchy of Brabant, Charles V, 1506-55, undated gold half real, Antwerp mint, punctuated with crosslets. Obverse: crowned imperial arms over a floriate cross; reverse: crowned arms with sixteen quarters. Fine edge crack, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
We note that this coin was also minted at Maastricht (Fr-61) but is scarcer therefrom.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 3,48 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 184-1a; Delm-99; W. 660; V.H. 221; Fr-60.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
Links to:
- Brabant (1521-56) real d'or Fr-56
- Brabant (1521-45) carolus d'or Fr-58
- Brabant (1545-52) carolus d'or Fr-58
- Brabant (1521-52) carolus d'or Fr-59
- Flanders (1521) halve gouden reaal
- 1536 4 patards, Antwerp mint
- 1537 4 patards, Antwerp mint
- (1555-76) demi-real d'or, Philip II
- Coins and currency dated 1521