Modern coin – HCR45779

Obverse

Inscription:

PHILIPPUS V D G HISPANIARUM ET INDIARUM REX

Design:

Armoured bust of Philip V, facing right; initial mark: hand

Reverse

Inscription:

ARCHID AVST DVX BVRG BRAB Z 1703

Design:

Crowned royal arms flanked by lions

Information

Category

Spanish Netherlands coin

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Brabant: duchy

Person

Philip V of Bourbon, king of Spain, king of Sicily, king of Naples, king of Sardinia, duke of Milan, 1700-1746

Reign

Dating

1703

Mint

Antwerp (Modern)

Denomination

Ducaton

Metal

copper alloy

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

22.01

Axis

Diameter (mm)

41.8

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

contemporary forgery
double struck

Reference

Van Gelder and Hoc, Pay-Bas Bourguignons et Espagnols : 365-1b (Type IIa)

Note:

This coin is an imitation of this type in base metal. The ticket lists the coin as a 'contemporary forgery'.

Contributors to this coin record

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