Brabant (1478-81) florin d'or Fr-35
This specimen was lot 964 in Jean Elsen sale 151 (Brussels, June 2022), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$4,248 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Marie de Bourgogne (1477-1482), AV florin d'or de Bourgogne, s.d. (1478-1481), Anvers. Différent: tour. D/ Saint André deb. de f., t. à d., ten. sa croix devant lui. R/ Ecu de Bourgogne sur une longue croix pattée. Très rare. presque Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Mary of Burgundy, 1477-82, undated gold florin of Burgundy, Antwerp mint, tower privy mark. Obverse: St. Andrew facing, head to right, bearing his cross before him; reverse: arms of Burgundy over a long cross pattée. Very rare, about Extremely Fine.)"
This and the accompanying half florin (Fr-36) are the only gold coins issued for Mary during her reign as duchess of Brabant.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.40 g, 0.792 fine gold, 23 mm diameter, this specimen is 3,42 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-35, G.H. 37-1b, Delm-72; W. 515; V.H. 52.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- 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.
- 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 151: Collection Paul Witte, Monnaies de Brabant, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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