Flanders (1499-1503) 3 stuivers
This specimen was lot 1248 in Jean Elsen sale 144 (Brussels, March 2020), where it sold for €280 (about US$369 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Schone (1482-1506), AR zilveren vlies, z.j. (1499-1503), Brugge. 2e type. Vz/ Gekroond wapenschild van Oostenrijk-Bourgondië omringd door de keten van het Gulden Vlies. Kz/ INICIVM- SAPIENCIE- TIMOR- DOMINI Lang gebloemd kruis met in het hart een lelie. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, undated silver fleece, Bruges mint, second type. Obverse: crowned arms of Austria-Burgundy, Order of the Golden Fleece around; reverse: floriate cross with a lily at the center. 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 3,31 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 118-5; D.d.P. 7, 84; V.H. 150.
- 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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