Namur 1499 florin Fr-351
This specimen was lot 937 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,156 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NAMUR, Comté, Philippe le Beau (1494-1506), AV florin d'or au saint Philippe, 1499. D/ Saint Philippe de f., ten. une longue croix, les Evangiles et devant lui l'écu d'Autriche-Bourgogne couronné. R/ Croix fleuronnée, un briquet en coeur, cantonnée de deux couronnes et de deux briquets. Rare. Faiblesse de frappe. Double frappe. presque Très Beau. Provient de notre liste 68, juin 1984, 251. (county of Namur, Philip the Fair, 1494-1506, gold florin of St. Philip of 1499. Obverse: St. Philip facing, holding a long cross and the Gospels, the arms of Austria-Burgundy before him; reverse: floriate cross, a firesteel at the center, cantonned with two crowns and two firesteels. Rare, weakly struck and doubled, about very fine.)"
This type is listed in Friedberg for 1499, 1502-03 and is the most available gold coin of the county. This denomination (and its half) is recorded from Namur (shown here), Holland, Brabant and Flanders. It was issued during the reign of Philip the Fair, son of Maximilian of Austria, and who served as the transition between Burgundian and Hapsburg rule.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen is 3,25 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 115-7; Chalon, Namur, 207; Delm-423; Levinson II-147.
- 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.
- Levinson, Robert, The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500: An Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to dated medieval coinage. Clifton, NJ: Coin & Currency Institute, 2007.
- 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 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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