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This specimen was lot 783 in Jean Elsen sale 121 (Brussels, June 2014), where it sold for €__ (US$__ including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRABANT, Duché, Charles Quint (1506-1555), AR florin Karolus d'argent, s.d. (1553-1556), Anvers. Deuxième type. Droit: B. vieilli de l'empereur à droite, la barbe courte. Revers: Ecu d'Autriche-Bourgogne posé sur une croix fleuronnée ne coupant pas la légende.  G.H., 188-1; Delm., 6; W., 669. 22,52g. presque Très Beau.'' (duchy of Brabant, Charles the Fifth (1506-55), silver "carolus florin" without date (1553-56), Antwerp mint, second type. Obverse: aged bust of the emperor to right with short beard. Reverse: arms of Austria-Burgundy over a floriate cross which does not divide the legend. About very fine.)"</blockquote>