Modern coin – HCR45720

Obverse

Inscription:

ALBERTVS ET ELISABET DEI GRATIA

Design:

Bare-headed busts of Albert and Isabelle, facing; initial mark: star

Reverse

Inscription:

ARCHID AVST DVCES BVRG ET BRABz

Design:

Crowned shield enclosing royal arms, surrounded by necklace from which hangs the Golden Fleece, date either side of crown (1605); initial mark: star

Information

Category

Spanish Netherlands coin

Period

Modern

Group

First Period (1599-1612)

Authority

Brabant: duchy

Person

Albert of Austria, Archduke of Austria, Sovereign of the Netherlands (Duke of Lothier, Brabant, Limburg, Luxembourg and Geulders, Margrave of Namur, Count of Burgundy, Flanders, Artois and Hainaut), 1598-1621, Isabelle Clara Eugenia, Archduchess of Austria, Sovereign of the Netherlands (Duchess of Lothier, Brabant, Limburg, Luxembourg and Geulders, Margravine of Namur, Countess of Burgundy, Flanders, Artois and Hainaut), Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, 1598-1633

Reign

Dating

1605

Mint

Maastricht (Modern)

Denomination

Double florin

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

27.3

Axis

Diameter (mm)

39.2

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

Reference

Van Gelder and Hoc, Pay-Bas Bourguignons et Espagnols : 286-2a

Contributors to this coin record

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