Rechenpfennig from Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands

rechenpfennig spanish netherlands fortibvs

1619 - Chamber of Accounts
copper
28 mm. 6.40 g.

FORTIBVS EST FORTVNA VIRIS 1619 (Fortune favors the brave)
Lion passing left under a ship's rudder

G P L CHAM DES COMP EN BRA (Chamber of Accounts in Brabant)
Shield of Albert and Isabelle held by an angel placed under the crown

rechenpfennig spanish netherlands regnis imperat

1623 - Chamber of Accounts
copper
26 mm. 4.70 g.

REGNIS • IMPERAT • IPSIS / 1623 (The kingdom rules itself)
Hand reaching out of clouds, holding a plumb line above two crossed scepters, within a circle

PHIL IIII D G REX HISP INDIAR Z (Philipp IV Dei Gratia king of Spain, Indias, etc)
Crowned Coat of Arms of Spain-Austria-Burgundy-Portugal enclosed in the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece