Flanders (1389-1404) groat
This specimen was lot 1252 in Jean Elsen sale 151 (Brussels, June 2022), where it sold for €120 (about US$150 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips de Stoute (1384-1404), AR groot botdrager, 1389-1404, Gent, Mechelen en Brugge. Vz/ Zittende leeuw n. l. Kz/ Lang gevoet kruis op een Bourgondisch wapenschild. Zeer Fraai. Uit de verzameling Paul De Witte. Afkomstig van De Nobele, Brussel, 12 november 1927 en uit onze veiling 87, 11 maart 2006, 726. (county of Flanders, Philip the Bold, 1384-1404, groat botdrager, Ghent, Mechelen or Bruges mint. Obverse: seated lion left; reverse: Burgundian arms over a long cross. very Fine.)"
This is the groot botdrager which accompanied the well known "double gros botdrager", issued in large numbers from Flanders (shown here), Brabant and Holland. Half groats were also struck tho much less famous.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen is 2,27 g.
Catalog reference: D.d.P. 8, 19; Martiny, Gent, 67, Roberts-8301 (double groat).
- 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.
Link to:
- Flanders (1365-67) 2 groat = double gros = plaque
- (1388-1404) kwart gouden nobel
- (1388-1404) gouden nobel Philip the Bold
- (1389-1404) halve groot botdrager
- (1389-1404) dubbele groot botdrager
- (1409-16) dubbele groot braspenning = double gros = plaque
- Brabant (1410-12) double gros botdrager
- Coins and currency dated 1389