Ghent 1488 stuiver

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Jean Elsen sale 136, lot 648

This specimen was lot 648 in Jean Elsen sale 136 (Brussels, March 2018), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,248 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Gent in opstand tegen Maximiliaan (1488-1492), AR stuiver, 1488. Vz/ + EQVA LIBERTAS DEO GRATA I88 Klimmende leeuw n. l. Kz/ PHS D'- G' D' B'- CO' FL-ADRIE Wapenschild van Oostenrijk-Bourgondië op een gebloemd kruis. Boven en beneden: G-A/N-D. Zeldzaam Op een brede muntplaat geslagen. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. Uit verzameling Claué, veiling Crédit de la Bourse, Parijs, 26-28 april 1993 en verzameling De Wit, veiling Künker 121, Osnabrück, 12 maart 2007, 1481. (county of Flanders, city of Ghent in rebellion against Maximilian, silver stuiver of 1488. Obverse: lion rampant to left; reverse: arms of Austria-Burgundy over a floriate cross. Scarce, struck on a small planchet, very fine to extremely fine.)"

In the late fifteenth century, the county of Flanders was the wealthiest region in northern Europe. The death of duke Charles the Rash, in 1477, allowed the county to pass to the Hapsburgs. This coin was issued by the Austrian emperor Maximilian. His grandson, Charles V, would unite Austria and Spain.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 3,01 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 143a; D.d.P. 17, 28; Martiny, Gent, 142-1 (this example).

Source:

  • 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 136: Collection Martiny, Collection Nef, Collection Casterman, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

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