Flanders (1433-56) 1/4 groat
This specimen was lot 1028 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €75 (about US$96 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Goede (1419-1467), AR kwart groot vierlander, 1433-1443, 1454-1456, Gent en Brugge. Vz/ Bourgondisch wapen in het veld. Kz/ Lang gevoet kruis met in de hoeken twee lelies en twee leeuwen en in het hart een lelie. Zeldzaam. Fraai à Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip the Good, 1419-67, silver quarter groat, circa 1433-43 and 1454-56, Ghent or Bruges mint. Obverse: arms of Burgundy; reverse: long cross cantonned with two lilies and two lions, a lily at the center. Rare, fine to very fine.)"
This coin was part of Philip's coinage reform of 1433, wherein he introduced the gouden rijder in gold and the dubbele groot vierlander in silver.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 0,69 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 12-2; VH 6.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- 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 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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