v22_1047 - FLANDERS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - PHILIP THE GOOD Lion d’or

FLANDERS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - PHILIP THE GOOD Lion d’or AU

MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 700.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 1 105.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 1 233.00 €

Type : Lion d’or

Date: (1454-1460)

Date: n.d.

Quantity minted : 569659

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 958 ‰

Diameter : 30 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 4,21 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce lion d’or est frappé sur un flan assez large et régulier. Les reliefs sont bien venus à la frappe ce qui est rare pour ce type monétaire qui présente souvent des faiblesses de frappe

Catalogue references :

Bd.2257 (25 f.) - GH.3/2 - Del.489 - F.118 p. 141

Obverse

Obverse legend : PHS'X DEI’X GRA'X DVXX BVRG'X COM'X FLAND’, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX SAUTOIRS SUPERPOSÉS).

Obverse description : Lion assis à gauche, sous un dais gothique accosté de deux briquets de Bourgogne avec flammèches.

Obverse translation : (Philippe, par la grâce de Dieu, duc de Bourgogne, comte de Flandre).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + SITX NOMEHX DOMINIX BEHEDICTVMX AMEHX (BRIQUET)X, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX SAUTOIRS SUPERPOSÉS).

Reverse description : Écu de Bourgogne écartelé à sept quartiers, posé sur une croix feuillue et fleuronnée.

Reverse translation : (Soit béni le nom du Seigneur, je crois en Dieu).

Historical background

FLANDERS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - PHILIP THE GOOD

(1419-1467)

Philippe le Bon (1396-1467), son of Jean sans Peur and Marguerite of Bavaria, succeeded his father after the assassination of Montereau in 1419. He allied himself with Henry V of England to oppose the dauphin qu 'he considers responsible for the death of his father and is the instigator of the Treaty of Troyes of 1420. He marries in 1409 Michelle de France who is assassinated in 1422, then in 1424 Bonne d'Artois who dies the following year, finally Isabella of Portugal (1397-1472) in 1429. After the death of Henry V and Charles VI in 1422, he recognized Henry VI as King of France and England. Thanks to a skilful policy, he united the county of Flanders and the duchy of Burgundy, the county of Namur in 1429, the duchies of Brabant and Limburg in 1430, the counties of Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland in 1433, the duchy of Luxembourg in 1462. He reformed part of the former Lotharingia for his own benefit. He founded the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1430. He was reconciled with Charles VII in 1435 who further enlarged his possessions in Artois. He died in 1467, the richest lord in Europe.

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