Belgium
Flanders. Louis II de Mâle gold Franc à cheval (Gouden Rijder) ND (1346-1384) MS63 PCGS, Ghent mint, 3.81gm, Fr-156, Delm-458, DeMay-193. LVDOVIC´ o DEI | GRΛ : COMЄS Z | DnS : FLΛNDRIЄ, armored knight on horseback galloping left brandishing a sword / + XPC : VIИCIT : XPC : REGИΛT : XPC IИPERΛT, cross fleurée in quadrilobe with leaves at angles and trefoils in spandrels. A type we have not offered in several years, this specimen presenting particularly well-rendered devices for the type, a technical quality matched in aesthetic appeal by the cool emerald tone that occupies the upper registers of the flan. Tied for the finest at PCGS, with only a handful ranking higher at NGC.
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