Flanders (1433-67) 2 groat
This specimen was lot 629 in Jean Elsen sale 136 (Brussels, March 2018), where it sold for €85 (about US$125 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Goede (1419-1467), AR dubbele groot vierlander, 1433-1447, 1454-1456, 1466-1467, 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. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (county of Flanders, Philip the Good, 1419-67, silver double groat, Ghent or Bruges mint. Obverse: Burgundian arms; reverse: long cross divides two lilies and two lions with another lily in the center. Very fine to extremely 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 3,24 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 9-2; D.d.P. 21, 46; Martiny, Gent, 123 (this example).
- 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 136: Collection Martiny, Collection Nef, Collection Casterman, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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