Flanders (1365-70) lion d'or Fr-157

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Jean Elsen sale 137, lot 470
Jean Elsen sale 143, lot 1318

The first specimen was lot 470 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,113 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Lodewijk van Male (1346-1384), AV gouden gehelmde leeuw (lion d'or heaumé), 1365-1367 en 1370, Gent. Vz/ Zittende gehelmde leeuw n. l. onder een gotisch baldakijn. Daaronder: FLANDRES. Kz/ Versierd gebloemd kruis met in het midden een D en in de hoeken: F-L-A-N. Restauratie boven de helm. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Louis de Male, 1346-84, gold lion d'or, issued 1365-67 and 1370, Ghent mint. Obverse: seated and helmeted lion under a Gothic baldachin, "FLANDRES" below; reverse: floriate cross with "D" in the center and "F - L - A - N" in the quarters. Tooling above the helmet, very fine.)"

The second specimen was lot 1318 in Jean Elsen sale 143 (Brussels, December 2019), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,395 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Lodewijk van Male (1346-1384), AV gouden gehelmde leeuw (lion d'or heaumé), 1365-1367 en 1370, Gent. Vz/ Zittende gehelmde leeuw n. l. onder een gotisch baldakijn. Daaronder: FLANDRES. Kz/ Versierd gebloemd kruis met in het midden een D en in de hoeken: F-L-A-N. Krasjes. Is gemonteerd geweest. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (county of Flanders, Louis de Male, 1346-84, golden lion d'or of 1365-70, Ghent mint. Obverse: seated helmeted lion left under a Gothic baldekin, FLANDRES below; reverse: floriate cross in polylobe with "F-L-A-N" in the quarters. Has been mounted, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

Louis II de Male was count of Flanders when that province was one of the richest regions of Europe. Nominally part of France, Louis refused to pay homage to either the king of France or the king of England, steering a neutral course during the Hundred Years War. It was then that this imitation of a French lion d'or was struck. A half lion d'or also exists. Later, he married his daughter to Philip, duke of Burgundy, uniting the two houses against the authority of the king of France.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold, the first specimen 5,13 g, the second specimen 5,33 g.

Catalog reference: Gaill. 214; Delm-460; Elsen 28; Martiny, Gent, 38; Fr-157.

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.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
  • [2]Elsen, Philippe, Vente Publique 143, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.

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