Spanish Netherlands (Brabant) -

This coin is pushing 400 years old. I wonder where it's been all that time.

 

Obverse

Burgundian Cross of Burgundy, with crown, firesteel, and Golden Fleece

 

Lettering: ·PHIL·IIII·D·G·HISP·ET·INDIAR·REX·

 

Translation: Philip IV, by the grace of God, King of the Spains and the Indies

 

Reverse

Crowned shield in collar of the Golden Fleece

 

Lettering: ·ARCHID·AVST·DVX·BVRG·BRAB·Zᶜ.

 

Translation: Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Brabant, etc.

 

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