Flanders (1545-53) groat
This specimen was lot 1265 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Keizer Karel (1506-1555), AR groot, z.j. (1545-1553), Brugge. Met dubbele vz. legende. Vz/ Wapen van Oostenrijk-Bourgondië in het veld. Kz/ Lang kruis met in het hart een lelie en in de hoeken twee lelies en twee leeuwtjes. Barstjes. (county of Flanders, emperor Charles (1506-55), undated silver groat, circa 1545-53, Bruges mint, with the obverse legend on both sides. Obverse: arms of Austria-Burgundy in the field; reverse: long cross with a lily at the center, cantonned with two lilies and two lions. Edge cracks, Very Fine.)
A groot (groat in English) was half a stuiver or 1/40 of a gulden.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.5 g, 0.252 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, this specimen is 1,73 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 193-5; D.d.P. 3, 22.
- 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 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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