Brabant (1500-06) 1/2 florin d'or Fr-48

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Jean Elsen sale 138, lot 597
Jean Elsen sale 151, lot 983. Note that the crowns and lilies are reversed

This specimen was lot 597 in Jean Elsen sale 138 (Brussels, September 2018), where it sold for €550 (about US$763 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AV demi-florin au saint Philippe, s.d. (1500-1506), Anvers. Croisette initiale au revers. D/ Saint Philippe deb. de f., ten. devant lui l'écu couronné d'Autriche-Bourgogne. Avec S PHE en début de légende. R/ Croix fleuronnée cantonnée de deux couronnes et de deux lis, un lion en coeur. Rare Ponctuation par doubles croisettes. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, undated gold half florin of St. Philip, Antwerp mint, initial cross on the reverse. Obverse: St. Philip facing, bearing the crowned shield of Austria-Burgundy, with S PHE at the beginning of the legend; reverse: floriated cross cantoned with two crowns and two fleurs-de-lys, a lion at the center. Rare, punctuated by double crosses, very fine.)"

The second specimen was lot 983 in Jean Elsen sale 151 (Brussels, June 2022), where it sold for €360 (about US$450 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AV demi-florin au saint Philippe, s.d. (1500-1506), Anvers. Croisette initiale au revers. D/ Saint Philippe deb. de f., ten. devant lui l'écu couronné d'Autriche-Bourgogne. Avec S PHE en début de légende. R/ Croix fleuronnée cantonnée de deux couronnes et de deux lis, un lion en coeur. Rare Nettoyé. A été monté. Très Beau à Superbe. (duchy of Brabant, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, undated half florin of St. Philip, Antwerp mint, initial cross on reverse. Obverse: St. Philip facing, bearing a long cross, before him the Gospels and the crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy; reverse: floriate cross cantonned with two lilies and two crowns, with a lion at the center. Rare, cleaned and mounted, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

This coin is variously catalogued as a half goldgulden or a half florin and was nominally equal to half a ducat. It was issued during the reign of Philip the Fair, son of Maximilian of Austria, and served as the transition between Burgundian and Hapsburg rule.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.75 g, 0.986 fine gold; the first specimen is 1,62 g, the second specimen is 1,64 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-48; G.H. 116-1b; Delm-87; W. 600; V.H. 148.

Source:

  • 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 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
  • [2]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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