Flanders (1560-76) real d'or Fr-211

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Jean Elsen sale 118, lot 1022
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This specimen was lot 1022 in Jean Elsen sale 118 (Brussels, September 2013), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$2,049 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1598), AV gouden reaal, z.j. (1560-1576), Brugge. Zonder titel van Engeland. Droit: PHS D G HISP Z REX COMES FLAN Gekroond bb. radié. Revers: DOMINVS MIC-HI ADIVTOR (lelie) Gekroond wapenschild omringd door de keten van het Gulden Vlies. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig (county of Flanders, Philip II (1555-98), gold real d'or without date (1560-76), Bruges mint, with the title of king of England. Obverse: crowned bust; reverse: crowned arms, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Very fine to extremely 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. His attempts to extirpate heresy caused the northern provinces to rise in revolt and, after many years of struggle, secure their independence as the United Provinces. The southern provinces, including Flanders, remained Catholic and loyal to king Philip. This type is known with and without "ANG REX" in the obverse legend, marking the king's brief marriage to Mary of England. The Spanish Hapsburgs ruled Flanders until 1700, fending off repeated attempts by the king of France to annex it. The area is now divided between France and Belgium.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold, this specimen 5.27 g.

Catalog reference: G.H., 206-7b (legende III); Haeck, 638; Delm-519; coll. Vernier 135 var, Fr-211.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • 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 118, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2013.

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