Flanders (1485) 2 stuiver

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Jean Elsen sale 144, lot 1242

This specimen was lot 1242 in Jean Elsen sale 144 (Brussels, March 2020), where it sold for €180 (about US$237 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Schone (1482-1506), AR dubbele stuiver, 2e emissie (1485), Brugge. Vz/ Wapenschild van Oostenrijk-Bourgondië. Kz/ Gebloemd kruis met in hart een lelie. Zeldzaam. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, undated double stuiver, Bruges mint, second emission of 1485. Obverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy, Order of the Golden Fleece around; reverse: floriate cross with a lily at the center. Scarce, Very Fine.)"

Flanders, originally part of the Burgundian inheritance, fell to the Hapsburgs on the death of the last duke of Burgundy in 1477. On the emperor Charles's abdication in 1555, the Hapsburg inheritance was divided between the Austrian and Spanish branches, and the Netherlands passed to Philip II, a dour and unbending Catholic. This type was struck in Bruges.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 3,07 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 61-5; V.H. 80.

Source:

  • 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 144, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

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