Flanders (1454-60) lion d'or Fr-185
This specimen was lot 1315 in Jean Elsen sale 125 (Brussels, June 2015), where it sold for €700 (about US$931 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Goede (1419-1467), AV gouden leeuw (lion d'or), 1454-1460, Brugge. Vz/ Zittende leeuw n. l. onder een gotisch baldakijn tussen vuurijzers. Kz/ Bourgondisch wapenschild op een gebloemd kruis. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip the Good (1419-67), gold lion d'or, about 1454-60, Bruges mint. Obverse: seated lion between a Gothic baldachin; reverse: Burgundian arms over a floriate cross. Very fine.)"
Philip the Good was succeeded by Charles the Rash (1467-77). On his death, the Burgundian inheritance, including Flanders, was partitioned between France and the Hapsburgs, with Flanders falling to the Hapsburgs.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 4,19 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-185, G.H. 3-2; D.d.P. 21, 51; Delm-489; coll. Vernier 41.
- 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 124, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2015.
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