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[[Image:Namur JE135-897.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 135, lot 897]]
[[Image:Brabant 1559.jpg|400px|thumb|Brabant and Namur in 1559, from Shepherd's atlas]]

This specimen was lot 897 in Jean Elsen sale 135 (Brussels, December 2017), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,247 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''NAMUR, Comté, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AV florin d'or au saint Philippe, 1503. 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 Fines griffes au revers. Très Beau.'' (Spanish Netherlands, county of Namur, Philip the Handsome, 1482-1506, gold florin of St. Philip of 1503. Obverse: St. Philip facing, bearing a long cross, the arms of Austria-Burgundy below; reverse: floriate cross, jewel in the center, crowns and jewels in the fields. Rare, fine scratches on the reverse, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type is listed in Friedberg for 1499, 1502-03 and is the most available gold coin of the county. This coin is variously catalogued as a goldgulden or a florin and was equal to a ducat or slightly lighter. It was issued during the reign of Philip the Fair, son of Maximilian of Austria, and served as the transition between Burgundian and Hapsburg rule.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.25 g, gold; this specimen is 3,26 g.

''Catalog reference:'' G.H. 115-7; Chalon, Namur, 208; Delm. 423, Fr-351.

''[[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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 135'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.

''Link to:''
* [[Flanders (1499-1506) florin Fr-201]]
* [[Namur 1503 2 mite]]
* [[Namur 1503 2 patards|1503 ''double patard'']]
* [[Brabant (1507-20) florin d'or Fr-52]]
* [[Namur (1513-16) maille]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1503]]
* return to coins of [[Netherlands, Spanish]]

[[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 135]][[Category: Coinage of the Dutch provinces]][[Category: Gold ducats of Europe]]

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 * 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.
 * <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 135'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.
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 * [[Brabant (1500-06) 1/2 florin d'or Fr-48|Brabant (1500-06) ''demi-florin d'or au saint Philippe'', Antwerp mint]]
 * [[Brabant (1500-06) florin Fr-47|Brabant (1500-06) ''florin d'or au saint Philippe'', Antwerp mint]]
 * [[Namur 1502 florin d'or Fr-351|1502 ''florin d'or au saint Philippe'']]
 * [[Namur 1503 2 mite]]

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 ''Specification:'' 3.25 g, gold; this specimen is 3,26 g.
-''Catalog reference:'' G.H. 115-7; Chalon, Namur, 208; Delm. 423, Fr-351.
+''Catalog reference:'' G.H. 115-7; Chalon, Namur, 208; Delm-423, Fr-351.
 ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''

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 [[Image:Brabant 1559.jpg|400px|thumb|Brabant and Namur in 1559, from Shepherd's atlas]]
-This specimen was lot 897 in Jean Elsen sale 135 (Brussels, December 2017), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,247 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''NAMUR, Comté, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AV florin d'or au saint Philippe, 1503. 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 Fines griffes au revers. Très Beau.'' (Spanish Netherlands, county of Namur, Philip the Handsome, 1482-1506, gold florin of St. Philip of 1503. Obverse: St. Philip facing, bearing a long cross, the arms of Austria-Burgundy below; reverse: floriate cross, jewel in the center, crowns and jewels in the fields. Rare, fine scratches on the reverse, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type is listed in Friedberg for 1499, 1502-03 and is the most available gold coin of the county. This coin is variously catalogued as a goldgulden or a florin and was equal to a ducat or slightly lighter. It was issued during the reign of Philip the Fair, son of Maximilian of Austria, and served as the transition between Burgundian and Hapsburg rule.
+This specimen was lot 897 in Jean Elsen sale 135 (Brussels, December 2017), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,247 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''NAMUR, Comté, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AV florin d'or au saint Philippe, 1503. 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 Fines griffes au revers. Très Beau.'' (Spanish Netherlands, county of Namur, Philip the Handsome, 1482-1506, gold florin of St. Philip of 1503. Obverse: St. Philip facing, bearing a long cross, the arms of Austria-Burgundy below; reverse: floriate cross, jewel in the center, crowns and jewels in the fields. Rare, fine scratches on the reverse, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type is listed in Friedberg for 1499, 1502-03 and is the most available gold coin of the county. This coin is variously catalogued as a goldgulden or a florin and was equal to a ducat or slightly lighter. 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.
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 ''[[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.
 * <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 135'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.
 ''Link to:''
-* [[Flanders (1499-1506) florin Fr-201]]
+* [[Flanders (1499-1503) 1/2 florin d'or Fr-202|Flanders (1499-1503) ''halve Philippusgoudgulden'', Bruges mint]]
 * [[Namur 1503 2 mite]]
 * [[Namur 1503 2 patards|1503 ''double patard'']]