File:Flanders JE137-0828.jpg

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This specimen was lot 828 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €3,500 (about US$4,870 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Lodewijk van Male (1346-1384), AV nieuw gouden schild met de leeuw (écu d'or au lion), 1370/1372-1384, Gent en Mechelen. Vz/ De gezeten graaf, gekroond met rozen, met in de rechterhand een opgeheven zwaard en de linkerhand rustend op een leeuwenschild. Kz/ Gebloemd kruis in een vierpas. Vier rozen buiten de inspringende hoeken. Gaill. 218; Delm. 466; Elsen 38; Martiny, Gent, 48. 4,44 g Prachtexemplaar. Prachtig à Fleur de Coin. (county of Flanders, Louis de Male, 1346-84, new écu d'or of the lion, 1370-84, Ghent or Mechelen mint. Obverse: the count, seated and crowned, holds a rose and a sword with a shield at his feet; reverse: floriate cross in quadrilobe, roses in the quarters. Choice example, about uncirculated.)"

Flanders (1370-84) chaise d'or Fr-163, second type with the lion instead of the eagle on the shield. rather more common.

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