Brabant (1361-83) cavalier d'or Fr-10
The first specimen was lot 911 in Jean Elsen sale 151 (Brussels, June 2022), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,498 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Jeanne et Wenceslas (1355-1383), AV franc à cheval, à partir de 1361, Louvain. D/ Chevalier au galop à g., brandissant son épée. R/ Croix feuillue dans un quadrilobe cantonné de quatre trèfles. Rare Légère double frappe. Très Beau à Superbe. Provient de notre vente 110, 10 septembre 2011, 860. (duchy of Brabant, Jeanne and Wenceslas, 1355-83, gold franc of the horse, struck after 1361, Louvain mint. Obverse: a mounted knight charges left, brandishing a sword; reverse: floriate cross in a quadrilobe, cantonned with four trefoils. Rare, slightly double struck, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
The second specimen was lot 1108 in Goldberg sale 128 (Los Angeles, June 2022), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description[2] noted, "Belgium: Brabant. Cavalier d'or, ND. Jeanne and Wenceslas, 1355-1383. Knight on horseback left. Reverse: Floriate cross. Crack across top portion of planchet. Otherwise sharp strike with underlying luster. Our grade Details of About Uncirculated."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, the first specimen is 3,80 g, the second specimen 3.83 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-10, Ghyssens p. 16, 10; W. 391; Delm-46.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 151: Collection Paul Witte, Monnaies de Brabant, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
- [2]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Vera Liu, Goldberg Sale 128: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.
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