Live auction - fjt_587968 - SPAIN (KINGDOM OF) - MONETARY WEIGHT Poids monétaire pour le double ducat d’or 1613

SPAIN (KINGDOM OF) - MONETARY WEIGHT Poids monétaire pour le double ducat d’or XF

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Estimate :	130 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	28 July 2020 18:13:54

Type : Poids monétaire pour le double ducat d’or

Date: (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles)

Date: 1613

Mint name / Town : Anvers

Metal : brass

Diameter : 16 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 7,05 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R1

Catalogue references :

Dieu.145 - Pom.II/-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Deux têtes couronnées avec col, face à face.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LISSE.

Reverse description : Main ouverte accostée du millésime et des lettres A C.

Commentary

Ce poids permet de contrôler le double ducat d’Isabelle et Ferdinand, reine et roi catholiques d’Espagne. Les lettres AC du revers sont celle d’André Caers, balancier d’Anvers.
This weight allows the double ducat of Isabella and Ferdinand, Catholic queen and king of Spain to be controlled. The letters AC on the reverse are those of André Caers, balancer of Antwerp.