Flanders (1428-32) 2 groat
This specimen was lot 625 in Jean Elsen sale 136 (Brussels, March 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Goede (1419-1467), AR dubbele groot kromstaart, 1428-1432, Gent. A met dwarsstreep. Vz/ Leeuw n. l. met het wapenschild van de hertog. Kz/ Lang kruis met in de hoeken F-L-A-D. goede Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip the Good, 1419-67, silver double groat of 1428-32, Ghent mint. Obverse: lion to left bearing the arms of the duke; reverse: long cross. Good very fine.)"
The death of the duke's son, Charles the Rash, in 1477, allowed the county to pass to the Spanish Hapsburgs.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 3,23 g.
Catalog reference: D.d.P. 11, 35 var.; Martiny, Gent, 116 (this example).
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 136: Collection Martiny, Collection Nef, Collection Casterman, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
Link to:
- (1419-28) dubbele groot kromstaart, Ghent mint
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- Flanders (1428-32) 1/2 noble Fr-180
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- Flanders (1433-67) 2 groat
- Coins and currency dated 1428
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