Flanders (1454-55) 2/3 lion d'or Fr-186
This specimen was lot 1224 in Jean Elsen sale 146 (Brussels, November 2020), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,332 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Goede (1419-1467), AV twee derde gouden leeuw, 1454-1455, Brugge. Vz/ Zittende leeuw n. l. onder een gotisch baldakijn tussen vuurijzers. Kz/ Bourgondisch wapenschild op een gebloemd kruis. Zeer zeldzaam Licht geplooid. bijna Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip the Good, 1419-67, gold two-thirds lion, Bruges mint. Obverse: seated lion under a gothic baldachin; reverse: Burgundian arms over a floriate cross. Very rare, lightly polished, about Very Fine.)"
Philip the Good was succeeded by Charles the Rash (1467-77). On his death, the Burgundian inheritance, including Flanders, was partitioned between France and the Hapsburgs, with Flanders falling to the Hapsburgs. This type, along with a lion d'or (Fr-185) and a third lion d'or (Fr-187), was struck in Flanders. This denomination was also struck in Hainaut (Fr-270) but not in Brabant.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 2,80 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-186, G.H. 4-2; Delm. 490; V.H. 17.
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- 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.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 146: Collection Anthony Lorrain Monnaies de Metz, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
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