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Suisse. Hälbling (Sans Prix de Réserve)
Nº 79701043
Nº 79701043
Patagon Flanders (Brugge, Vlaanderen) 1660
Delmonte 297
Vanhoudt 645-BG
27 grams .875 silver
Diameter 40 mm
Few patagons were minted under Philips IIII in the 1660s. It is rare to find this specific year.
Obverse: Crowned Burgundian cross with firesteel at center and jewel of the Golden Fleece below, dividing legend. · PHIL · IIII · D · G · HISP · ET · INDIAR · REX · ⚜ 1660 (Brugge, Flanders)
(Philip IV, by the grace of God, King of the Spains and the Indies)
Reverse: Crowned shield in collar of the Golden Fleece. ARCHID · AVST · DVX · BVRG · CO · FLAN Zc (Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders, etc.)
Patagon — large silver coin of the Spanish Netherlands (mostly modern Belgium), issued during 1612-1711 (99 years in a row). In addition to the main denomination — 1 patagon, — smaller denominations (1/2 and 1/4 patagon, differing only in weight / size) were also issued. It is considered one of the independent types of thaler (or rather, daalder — "Dutch thaler").
The first patagons were produced in 1612 and were high-quality silver coins weighing 28.1 grams. The issuer was the Spanish (later Austrian) Netherlands, a possession of the Habsburg dynasty. Therefore, it was deliberately decided to release the coin partially inferior: due to the reduction in weight relative to the main imperial coin — the reichsthaler of the Holy Roman Empire (29.23 g).
The obverse of the coin contained a crowned image of St. Andrew’s Cross (slanted Burgundian cross — Spanish colonial, naval flag in the 16th-18th centuries).
Over the centuries of mass emission, patagons have spread significantly in the surrounding lands, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. As a result, to this day these coins are quite often found on the territory of Ukraine (mainly in the West), Belarus and the Baltic States. In Russia, it was not used as money — only as silver raw material for local coins.
This coin was unearthed as part of a coin hoard in eastern Europe. More detailed information will be provided to the winner of the auction.
Shipping from Latvia.
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