Flanders 1551 4 stuivers
This specimen was lot 1855 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €420 (about US$599 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Keizer Karel (1506-1555), AR vlieger (4 stuiver), 1551, Brugge. Vz/ Gekroonde keizerlijke adelaar. Met CAROLVS in de legende. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een Bourgondisch kruis. Zeldzaam. goede Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, emperor Charles V, 1506-55, four stuivers of 1551, Bruges mint. Obverse: crowned imperial eagle with CAROLVS in the legend; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross. Scarce, good Very Fine.)"
This vlieger, or four stuivers, is about the same weight as the seventeenth century escalin or arendschelling, which was six stuivers. Vlieger means kite or airplane in Flemish.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 6,09 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 189-5b; V.H. 226.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
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