Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1697. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOWLANDS, Brabant. Philip IV, as King of Spain. 1621-1665. AR Double Ducaton (63.78 gm, 12h). Antwerp mint. Dated 1639. PHIL IIII D G HISP ET INDIAR REX, cuirassed bust right; 16 (hand) 39 above / ARCHID AVST DVX BVRG BRAB Zc, crowned coat-of-arms with lion supporters, briquets below. Delmonte 284a; cf. Van Gelder & Hoc 327-1b (date not listed); Davenport 4453. VF, toned, edge has been crudely hand-reeded. Very rare. ($1500)