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Revision as of 11:57, 8 July 2024
This specimen was lot 972 in Jean Elsen sale 151 (Brussels, June 2022), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,248 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe le Beau (1482-1506), AR double griffon, 1487, Malines. D/ Deux griffons affrontés, ten. entre eux un briquet et un fusil. Couronne en début de légende. R/ Ecu d'Autriche-Bourgogne posé sur une croix fleuronnée. Aigle en début de légende. Très rare Légère faiblesse de frappe. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip the Fair, 1482-1506, double griffin of 1487, Malines mint. Obverse: two griffins facing, between them a firesteel and a fuse, a crown at the beginning of the legend. Obverse: arms of Austria-Burgundy over a floriate cross, eagle at the beginning of the legend. Very rare, slightly weakly struck, Very Fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen is 3,57 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 68-1c; W. 559; Levinson II-94; V.H. 87. Roberts-8286 (attributed to Flanders).
- 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.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- 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 151: Collection Paul Witte, Monnaies de Brabant, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
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