Flanders (1433-67) groat
This specimen was lot 1027 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €120 (about US$154 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Goede (1419-1467), AR groot vierlander, 1433-1443 en 1466-1467, Gent. 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. bijna Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip the Good, 1419-67, silver groat, circa 1433-43 and 1466-67, Ghent mint. Obverse: arms of Burgundy; reverse: long cross cantonned with two lilies and two lions, a lily at the center. Rare, about 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, 1,59 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 10-2; D.d.P. 21, 47; Martiny, Gent, 124 (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 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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