View source for Friesland 1583 cavalier d'or Fr-225

[[Image:Sch375-1045.JPG|550px|thumb|Schulman sale 375, lot 1045]]

This specimen was lot 1045 in Schulman sale 375 (Amsterdam, April 2023), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,879 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRIESLAND Provincie 1581 - 1795, Friese gouden rijder. 1583. Type Ia. Ruiter met zwaard naar rechts boven stadswapen van Leeuwarden +NISI· DOMINVS – NOBISCVx Kz. gekroond provinciewapen ·MONE· NOVA· AV· ORD· FRISIÆ· jaartal·. RRR. Zeer fraai. Uit veiling Schulman 351 van 16 Sept. 2016, no. 148.'' (province of [[Netherlands, Westfriesland|Friesland]], golden rider of 1583, type Ia. Obverse: mounted knight charges over the arms of Leeuwarden; reverse: crowned provincial arms and date. Very rare, very fine.)" </blockquote> This is not the same coin as the [[Friesland 1619 cavalier d'or Fr-226|''gouden rijder'']] of the seventeenth century, which was 10 g, 0.920 fine gold.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' gold, this specimen 3.39 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Delm-1007; V. 118.1; Fr-225. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, ''Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed.,'' Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Absil, Eddy, Florentine van Hees, Tim Poelman, Catelijne van den Bosch, Evert Philippeau, Andrew Absil, ''Schulman sale 375,'' Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Flanders (1583-84) lion d'or Fr-217]]
* [[Groningen 1583 1/2 Flemish noble]]
* [[Flanders 1585 couronne d'or Fr-214]]
* [[Friesland 1588 ducat Fr-223|1588 ducat]]
* [[Friesland 1619 cavalier d'or Fr-226|1619 cavalier d'or (''gouden rijder'')]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1583]]

[[Category:Selections from Schulman sale 375]][[Category: Coinage of the Dutch provinces]]