Brabant (1454-60) 1/3 lion d'or Fr-30
This specimen was lot 1439 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$4,275 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe le Bon (1430-1467), AV tiers de lion d'or, 1454-1460, Malines. D/ Lion assis à g. dans un polylobe. R/ Ecu de Bourgogne dans un polylobe. Très rare. Très Beau à Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Philip the Good, 1430-67, undated one-third gold lion, Malines mint. Obverse: lion seated to left in a polylobe; reverse: arms of Burgundy in a polylobe. Very rare, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
This issue was accompanied by a lion d'or. Lions d'or were also struck in Flanders and Hainaut. Philip the Good was succeeded by Charles the Rash (1467-77). On his death, the Burgundian inheritance, including Brabant, was partitioned between France and the Hapsburgs, with Brabant falling to the Hapsburgs.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 1,37 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 5-1; Delm-66; W. 471; V.H. 18; Fr-30.
- 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.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- van Gelder, H. Enno, and Marcel Hoc, Les Monnaies des pays-Bas Bourguignons et Espagnols, 1434-1713, Amsterdam, J. Schulman, 1960, with supplement of 1964.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
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