Brabant (1434-37) cavalier d'or Fr-27
This specimen was lot 922 in Jean Elsen sale 143 (Brussels, December 2019), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,828 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe le Bon (1430-1467), AV cavalier d'or, 1434-1437, Bruxelles. D/ Le duc armé galopant à d. A l'ex., BRAB. R/ Ecu de Bourgogne posé sur une croix fleuronnée. Rare. Très Beau à Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Philip the Good, 1430-67, gold cavalier, Brussels mint. Obverse: mounted and armored duke gallops over "BRAB"; reverse: arms of Burgundy over a floriate cross. Rare, Very Fine - Extremely Fine)"
This coin, strictly speaking, does not belong with the Spanish Netherlands as it was issued by the Burgundian duke Philip the Good. His son's death in battle ended the dynasty and allowed the Low Countries to fall into the hands of the Spanish in the early sixteenth century. Similar gold coins were struck for the duke in Flanders, Hainaut and Holland.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 3,60 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 1-1; Delm-63; W. 468; V.H. 1.
- 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, Vente Publique 143, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.
Link to:
- Brittany (1420-23) cavalier d'or Fr-94
- Brabant (1433-34) pieter d'or, Philip the Good
- Flanders (1433-47) cavalier d'or Fr-183
- Holland (1433-67) cavalier d'or Fr-126
- Hainaut (1433-67) cavalier d'or Fr-267
- (1434-67) double gros vierlander, Brussels or Louvain mint
- Brittany (1458-88) cavalier d'or Fr-96
- Brabant (1474-77)(h) florin d'or Fr-33
- Coins and currency dated 1434