Hainaut (1454-55) lion d'or Fr-269
The first specimen was lot 685 in Jean Elsen sale 124 (Brussels, March 2015), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,496 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HAINAUT, Comté, Philippe le Bon (1433-1467), AV lion d'or, s.d. (1454-1455), Valenciennes. Droit: Lion assis à gauche sous un dais gothique, entre deux briquets. Revers: Ecu de Bourgogne sur une croix fleuronnée. Provient de Schulman, Amsterdam, 1937. Très Beau à Superbe. (county of Hainaut, Philip the Good (1433-67), gold lion d'or without date (1454-55), valenciennes mint. Obverse: lion seated to left on a gothic dais bbetween two briquets; reverse: arms of Burgundy over a floriate cross. Rare, very fine to extremely fine. Purchased from Schulman in 1937.)"
The second specimen was lot 633 in Jean Elsen sale 131 (Brussels, December 2016), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,380 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"HAINAUT, Comté, Philippe le Bon (1433-1467), AV lion d'or, s.d. (1454-1455), Valenciennes. D/ Lion assis à g. sous un dais gothique, entre deux briquets. R/ Ecu de Bourgogne sur une croix fleuronnée. Très fine fêlure du flan. presque Superbe. (county of Hainaut, Philip the Good (1433-67), gold lion d'or, undated, Valenciennes mint. Obverse: lion seated facing left under a Gothic dais between two jewels; reverse: Burgundian arms on a floriate cross. Minor planchet defect, about extremely fine.)"
Philip the Good was succeeded by Charles the Rash (1467-77). On his death, the Burgundian inheritance, including Hainaut, was partitioned between France and the Hapsburgs, with Hainaut falling to the Hapsburgs.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, the first specimen 4,21 g, the second specimen 4,21 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-269, G.H., 3-3; Chalon, 157; Lucas, Hainaut, 183; Delm-303.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 124, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2015.
- [2]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 131, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2016.
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