County of Artois ½ Patagon - Philip IV, 1627 – 1635

½ Patagon = 24 Stuivers from County of Artois. Issued from 1627 to 1635. Struck in Silver (.875). Measures 0 mm and weighs 13.8 g.

Obverse

Crowned Burgundian cross with firesteel at center and jewels of the golden fleece hanging below, dividing date. Mint mark (rat) above crown. (Philip IV, by God's grace King of Spain and the Indies)

Reverse

Crowned arms of Austria-Spain-Burgundy surrounded by the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Count of Artois, etc.)