Flanders (1570-74) couronne d'or Fr-214
This specimen was lot 1257 in Jean Elsen sale 144 (Brussels, March 2020), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,216 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1598), AV gouden kroon, z.j. (1570-1574), Brugge. Slechts 1737 st. geslagen. Vz/ (lelie) PHS D G HISP Z REX COMES FLAN Leliekruis met in de hoeken twee vuurijzers en twee leeuwen. Kz/ DOMINVS MIHI ADIVTOR Gekroond wapenschild tussen twee letters P. Uiterst zeldzaam Krasjes. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip II, 1555-98, undated couronne d'or, Bruges mint, 1,737 pieces struck. Obverse: floriate cross cantonned with two jewels and two lions; reverse: crowned arms divide two "P's". Very rare, scratched, 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. 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. The Spanish hapsburgs ruled Flanders until 1700, fending off repeated attempts by the king of France to annex it.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.31 g, 0.919 fine gold, this specimen 3,36 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-214, G.H. 209-7a; Haeck 645; Delm-522; V.H. 297.
- 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.
- 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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 144, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
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