Low Countries, Vlaanderen (Flanders). Filips de Goede (the Good, 1419-1467) AV Gouden Leeuw - Lion d'or. Brugge mint, struck 1545-1460. PҺS ⁑ DЄI ⁑ GRΛ ⁑ DVX ⁑ BVRG ⁑ COᙏ ⁑ FLΛND', lion seated to left beneath Gothic arch; crowned trefoils flanking / ✠ SIT ⁑ ꞂOᙏЄИ ⁑ DOᙏIИI ⁑ BЄNЄDICTVᙏ ⁑ ΛᙏЄИ, coat-of-arms over cross fleurée. Delmonte, Or 489; De Mey, Flanders 837; Friedberg 185. 4.26g, 30mm, 3h.
Good Extremely Fine; exceptional for the type and one of the finest offered at auction in the past 20 years.
Acquired from Auktionshaus Ulrich Felzmann GmbH & Co. KG.