Flanders (1499-1503) 1/2 florin d'or Fr-202

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Jean Elsen sale 138, lot 647

This specimen was lot 647 in Jean Elsen sale 138 (Brussels, September 2018), where it sold for €400 (about US$555 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Schone (1482-1506), AV halve Philippusgoudgulden, z.j. (1499-1503), Brugge. Vz/ Staande heilige met een lang kruis en voor zich het Bourgondisch wapenschild houdend. Kz/ Gebloemd kruis met in het hart een lelie en in de hoeken twee kronen en twee lelies. Zeldzaam Deels zwak geslagen op kz. Barstje. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, undated half goldgulden, Bruges mint. Obverse: St. Philip holds a long cross and supports the crowned arms of Burgundy; reverse: floriated cross with lily in the center, cantoned with two lilies and two crowns. Scarce, weakly struck, Very fine.)"

This coin is variously catalogued as a half goldgulden or a half florin and was nominally equal to half a ducat. It was issued during the reign of Philip the Fair, son of Maximilian of Austria, and served as the transition between Burgundian and Hapsburg rule.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.75 g, 0.986 fine gold; the second specimen is 1,56 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-202; G.H. 116-5; D.d.P. 7, 83; Delm-511.

Source:

  • 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 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

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