Flanders 1575 daalder Dav-8646

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Jean Elsen sale 127, lot 1059

This specimen was lot 1059 in Jean Elsen sale 127 (Brussels, December 2015), where it sold for €380 (about US$488 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1598), AR Philipsdaalder, 1575, Brugge. Vz/ Geharnast bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een Bourgondisch kruis tussen twee vuurijzers. Barst in de muntplaat. Mooi portret. goede Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip II, 1555-98, silver philipsdaalder of 1575, Bruges mint. Obverse: armored bust to right; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross between two jewels. Planchet cracks, nice portrait, good very fine.)"

Davenport lists this type for 1562-63 and 1572-76. It is identified as Flemish by the "COMES FLAN" on the obverse.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 32,89 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-8646, G.H. 210-7d; Delm-36; Haeck 653.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
  • 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 127, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2015.

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