Flanders 1558 daalder Dav-8645
This specimen was lot 1155 in Jean Elsen sale 147 (Brussels, June 2021), where it sold for €200 (about US$ including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1598), AR Philipsdaalder, 1558, Brugge. Met titel van koning van Engeland. Vz/ Geharnast bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een Bourgondisch kruis tussen twee vuurijzers. Gereinigd. Fraai à Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Philip II, 1555-98, silver daalder of 1558, Bruges mint, with the title of king of England. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross with the jewels of the Golden Fleece. Mounted, Fine - Very Fine.)"
Flanders, along with several other Dutch provinces, issued daalders during the sixteenth century. This issue bears Philip II's name and his briefly held title of king of England.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 33,11 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 210-7c; Haeck 652; Delm. 35; V.H. 254, Dav-8645.
- 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 147: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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