Flanders 1474 2 briquet
This specimen was lot 1541 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €700 (about US$970 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Karel de Stoute (1467-1477), AR dubbel vuurijzer, 1474, Brugge. Vz/ Vuurijzer tussen twee tegenover elkaar zittende leeuwen. Spoorwieltje in afsnede. Kz/ Bourgondisch wapenschild op een gebloemd kruis. Met vz. legende eindigend op CO F. (county of Flanders, Charles the Rash, 1467-77, silver double stuiver of 1474, Bruges mint. Obverse: a firesteel between two seated liions; reverse: Burgundian arms charged over a floriate cross. The obverse legend ends with "CO F". Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
This type was struck 1474-75 at Bruges and Antwerp. These are some of the earlist dated coins of Europe. Note the antique "4's" in the date.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.92 g, silver, 26 mm diameter, this specimen 2,64 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 34-3; D.d.P. 13, 65; Levinson II-14; VH 48.
- Levinson, Robert, The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500: An Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to dated medieval coinage. Clifton, NJ: Coin & Currency Institute, 2007.
- 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 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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