Netherlands, Brabant (Duchy of) Patagon 1653

Southern Netherlands – Tournai – Patagon 1653 – Philip IV Southern Netherlands – Spanish Netherlands – Philip IV (1621–1665) Silver · Patagon · Tournai · 1653 Silver patagon of Philip IV, struck in Tournai in 1653. With a diameter of about 43 mm, the patagon ranks among the imposing silver pieces of the seventeenth-century Southern Netherlands. The coin prominently bears the dynastic iconography of the House of Habsburg and the Burgundian tradition. Obverse: two knobby Burgundian staves form the Saint Andrew's cross, centrally linked by the hammer with the Golden Fleece. Above the depiction the crown and on either side the split year 16 – 53. Inscription: PHIL · IIII · D · G · HISP · ET · INDIAR · REX Philip IV, by the grace of God, king of Spain and the Indies. Reverse: large crowned composite coat of arms of Philip IV, in which the various dynastic territories and possessions of the Habsburg monarchy are represented. The shield is surrounded by the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Inscription: ARCHID · AVST · DVX · BVRG · BRAB · Z Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Brabant, etc. The patagon, with its large coin surface, Burgundian symbolism and extensive princely titulature, is a characteristic representative of the monumental silver coinage of Philip IV. A historically appealing type from the Spanish Netherlands, struck in a period of great political and military tensions in the Low Countries. Catalogue: Delmonte 300 · Davenport 4470 Philip IV · Tournai · Patagon · 1653 · silver · Delmonte 300 · Davenport 4470

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