Flanders 1558 daalder Dav-8645
This specimen was lot 1155 in Jean Elsen sale 147 (Brussels, June 2021), where it sold for €200 (about US$292 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1598), AR Philipsdaalder, 1558, Brugge. Met titel van koning van Engeland. Vz/ Geharnast bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een Bourgondisch kruis tussen twee vuurijzers. Gereinigd. Fraai à Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip II, 1555-98, silver daalder of 1558, Bruges mint, with the title of king of England. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross with the jewels of the Golden Fleece. Mounted, Fine - Very Fine.)"
Flanders, along with several other Dutch provinces, issued daalders during the sixteenth century. This issue bears Philip II's name and his briefly held title of king of England.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 33,11 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 210-7c; Haeck 652; Delm-35; V.H. 254, Dav-8645.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 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 147: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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