Gelderland 1557 daalder Dav-8491

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Jean Elsen sale 115, lot 1023
Gelderland 1557 daalder rev JElsen 115-1023.jpg
Gelderland in 1648

This specimen was lot 1023 in Jean Elsen sale 115 (Brussels, December 2012) where it sold for €240 (about US$366 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"NEDERLAND, GELDERLAND, Hertogdom, Philips II (1555-1581), AR Philipsdaalder, 1557, Nijmegen. Met titel van koning van Engeland en jaartal onder borstbeeld. Droit: Geharnast bb. l. Revers: Gekroond wapenschild op een Bourgondisch kruis tussen twee vuurijzers. Zeer Zeldzaam. Barstjes. Krasjes op vz. Ex HSA 2474. Fraai à Zeer Fraai. (duchy of Gelderland, Philip II (1555-81), silver daalder/écu of 1557, Nijmegen mint, with the title of king of England. Obverse: armored bust to left; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross between two jewels. Very rare, obverse crack, very fine.)"

Gelderland was in the heart of the United Provinces. This philipsdaalder has the date right side up. The next issue, Dav-8492, had the date inverted.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver; this specimen is 34.07 g.

Catalog reference: G.H., 210-6a; Delm-29; CNM 2.17.7, Dav-8491.

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 der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 115: Collection Huntington, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.

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