Liege (1484-85) florin d'or Fr-299

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Jean Elsen sale 140, lot 505

This specimen was lot 505 in Jean Elsen sale 140 (Brussels, March 2019), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,262 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LIEGE, Principauté, Jean de Hornes, élu confirmé de Liège (1484-1485), AR florin d'or postulat, s.d., Liège. D/ + IOHIS' ELC' CO'FMAT' LEODIEN' Ecu à la croix chargée d'un écusson de Hornes, dans un trilobe anglé. R/ SANCTVS- LAMBERTVS Saint Lambert deb. de f., bénissant et ten. une crosse. Très rare. Très Beau. (prince-bishopric of Liège, John of Hoorn, bishop elect, 1484-85, undated gold florin, Liège mint. Obverse: arms in a trilobe; reverse: St. Lambert giving a blessing and bearing a crozier. Very rare, Very Fine.)"

This type was also struck when Jean was enthroned as bishop (Fr-300). We would include it in our list of gold ducats of Europe but it is too light.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold, this specimen 1,57 g.

Catalog reference: Chestret 385; Dengis 756; Delm-332, Fr-299.

Source:

  • Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
  • 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.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 140, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.

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