Flanders 1662 ducaton Dav-4457
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This specimen was lot 794 in Jean Elsen sale 124 (Brussels, March 2015), where it sold for €120 (about US$150 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips IV (1621-1665), AR dukaton, 1662, Brugge. Tweede type. Droit: Geharnarst bb. radié. Revers: Gekroond wapenschild gesteund door twee leeuwen. Onderaan het juweel van het Gulden Vlies. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip IV (1621-66), silver ducaton of 1662, Bruges mint, second type. Obverse: armored bust to right with bare head; reverse: crowned arms supported by two lions, order of the Golden Fleece below. Very fine.)This type of 1636-65 is priced about the same as the ducatons of Brabant.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 32.48 g, .944 fine silver, this specimen 31,92 g.
Catalog reference: KM 50, Dav-4457, G.H., 327-6b; Delm., 286.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 124, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2015.
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