Flanders 1562 daalder Dav-8646

Jean Elsen sale 137, lot 534

This specimen was lot 534 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €135 (about US$188 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1598), AR Philipsdaalder, 1562, Brugge. Vz/ Geharnast bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een Bourgondisch kruis tussen twee vuurijzers. Krasjes. Fraai à Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip II, 1555-98, silver daalder of 1562, Bruges mint. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross between two jewels of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Scratches, fine to very fine.)"

Flanders, along with several other Dutch provinces, issued daalders during the sixteenth century. This issue bears Philip II's name but unlike Dav-8645, deletes "ANG·Z·" from his titles. It was struck 1562-63, 1572-76.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 33,43 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 210-7d; Haeck 653; Delm. 36, Davenport-8646.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 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.
• ^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

Link to:

• 1558 Philipsdaalder
• 1562 tiende Philipsdaalder
• Brabant 1562 écu Philippe, bust right
• 1567 daalder
• Coins and currency dated 1562
• return to coins of Netherlands, Spanish