Flanders (1496-97) 3 stuivers
This specimen was lot 797 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €500 (about US$693 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Schone (1482-1506), AR zilveren vlies, z.j. (1496-1497), Brugge. 1e type. Vz/ Gekroond wapenschild Oostenrijk-Bourgondië op een gebloemd kruis. Kz/ (lelie) INICIVM SAPIENCIE TIMO DOMINI AM' Juweel van het Gulden Vlies met twee vuurijzers. Goed geslagen exemplaar, op een brede muntplaat. (county of Flanders, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, undated silver fleece, Bruges mint, first type. Obverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy over a floriate cross; reverse: jewel of the Golden Fleece under two firesteels. Well struck on a broad planchet, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
A similar coin was struck in Brabant (GH 110-1) and Holland (GH 117-6). This coin was issued by the Burgundian prince Philip the Fair. His son, Charles V, would unite Austria and Spain.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.40-3.45 g, 0.878 fine silver, 29-30 mm diameter, this specimen 3,28 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 110-5; D.d.P. 6, 73; VH 140.
- 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 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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