Belgium
Flanders. Louis II de Mâle (1346-1384) gold Franc à cheval (Gouden Rijder) 1361-1364 MS64 NGC, Ghent mint, Fr-156, Schneider-142, Delm-458. LVDOVIC´ o DEI | GRA 8 COMЄS Z | DnS 8 FLADRIЄ, armored knight on horseback galloping left brandishing a sword / + XPC : VIИCIT : XPC : REGИAT : XPC IИPERAT, cross fleurée in quadrilobe with leaves at angles and trefoils in spandrels. Beautifully toned with an especially sharp representation of the duke on horseback. The edge of the planchet is slightly irregular to one side, as made.
Estimate: 3500-4000 USD