Modern coin – HCR45733

Obverse

Inscription:

ALBERTVS ET ELISABET DEI GRATIA 16 (hand) 18

Design:

Bare-headed bust of Albert (front) and Isabelle (behind) facing right; initial mark: hand

Reverse

Inscription:

ARCHID AVST DVCES BVRG ET BRAB Zc

Design:

Crowned shield enclosing royal arms, held by a lion each side with its head on its paws, below briquets either side of jewel from which hangs the Golden Fleece

Information

Category

Spanish Netherlands coin

Period

Modern

Group

Second Period (1612-1621)

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

1618

Mint

Antwerp (Modern)

Denomination

Ducaton

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

32.24

Axis

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

exchange

Acquisition collection reference

Baldwin's Oman Sale

Acquisition date

21/2/1947

Source

Baldwin's

Acquisition credit

Acquired by exchange with Baldwin's, February 1947.

Reference

Van Gelder and Hoc, Pay-Bas Bourguignons et Espagnols : 309-1

Contributors to this coin record

jnaylor, cgallacher