Flanders 1478 2 briquet
This specimen was lot 1231 in Jean Elsen sale 146 (Brussels, November 2020), where it sold for €280 (about US$408 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Maria van Bourgondië (1477-1482), AR dubbel vuurijzer, 1478, Brugge. Zonder muntteken. Vz/ Vuurijzer tussen twee tegenover elkaar zittende leeuwen. Kz/ Bourgondisch wapenschild op een gebloemd kruis. Zeer Fraai. (county of Flanders, Maria of Burgundy, 1477-82, silver double stuiver of 1478, Bruges mint. Obverse: briquet over two seated lions facing each other; reverse: Burgundian arms over a floriate cross. Very Fine.)"
Maria was the daughter of Charles the Rash and the heiress to his domain between France and Germany. She was duchess of Burgundy, Brabant, Limburg, Luxemburg and Guelders and countess of Flanders, Artois, Hainaut, Holland, Zeeland, Namur and Zutphen and the most desirable match of her day. She married Maximilian of Hapsburg to keep her lands out of the hands of Louis XI of France but died in 1482 at the age of 25.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3,06 g.
Catalog reference: G.H. 39-3b; Levinson II-34.
- 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 146: Collection Anthony Lorrain Monnaies de Metz, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
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