^Lot 386 NETHERLANDS (Spanish), Brabant, Brussels mint, patagon, Philip IV, 1647, ex-Sotheby's.

NETHERLANDS (Spanish), Brabant, Brussels mint, patagon, Philip IV, 1647, ex-Sotheby's. KM-53.3; Delm-295. 24.62 grams. Choice bold details (especially the date) despite areas of pitting, much legend including "head" mintmark and bold king's ordinal IIII, also lovely deep toning, tiny edge-split, desirable pedigree. Pedigreed to the Sotheby's (London) auction of November 1973 (lot 123) and to the Rex Cowan Collection. Recovered from: Lastdrager, sunk in 1653 off the Shetland Isles, north of Scotland