a gold coin with a crown on the front and a crown on the back
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BELGIUM Brabant (Duchy of), Jeanne, widow, and Philip the Bold, Count of Flanders (1384–1389). Large gold coin (roosebeker) ND (1384–1386), Leuven. Obverse: IOH – °DVCIS’: BRABA° – PHS – DVX – °BORG’: Z: COM: FL° - AND’. Beneath a Gothic canopy, separated by a column, two shields bearing the coats of arms of Brabant-Limburg on the left and Burgundy on the right. Reverse: + MONETA* NOVA* BRABANTIE* ET* FLANDRIE*. A shield bearing a lion standing on a cross formed of four large fleurs-de-lis, the whole within a quatrefoil with recessed corners adorned with fleurs-de-lis, and flanked by four shamrocks. VH&S.115 (R4 and p.16) – Delm.49 – De Witte 413 – Fr.13; Gold – 4.81 g – 30.5 mm – 12 h Top Pop: this is the only graded specimen! From the Collection of Dr L. (Longuet), Kampmann auction 30 May 1980, lot no. 64, and noted in the introduction: “Upon his accession, Philip the Bold had signed a monetary agreement with Jeanne of Brabant, which provided that the same coins would be struck in Flanders and Brabant. The double roosebeker (no. 64) from the L. Collection, struck in Leuven following the agreement, is the second known example (after the one in the Brussels Cabinet). Of its Flemish counterpart struck at Mechelen, only three examples are known [NB: BnF Paris, for example]. It differs from the Brabant type in its legend, which begins with Philip’s title, and in the placement of the escutcheons on the obverse.” And in the catalogue: “The specimen from the Vernier Collection, no. 21, was struck by Philip the Bold in Mechelen. This coin does not appear in the most important collections we have been able to consult: Meyer, Théry… etc. Second known specimen (after the specimen in the Brussels Cabinet). Of the utmost rarity”. PCGS MS63 (60810487). Extremely rare and undoubtedly the fourth known specimen! Of superb quality, with a golden patina. Superb in proof condition. In Lille, in May 1384, a meeting took place of commissioners and deputies from Flanders, led by Philip the Bold, and from Brabant, led by Joan, widow of Wenceslas, who had recently passed away. A new monetary agreement was promulgated on 16 July 1384, which was to come into force on 20 August and remain in effect for five years. A standard coin, with its multiples and sub-multiples, bearing the arms and names of the Count and the Duchess, was created. The mints were in Mechelen, for Flanders, and in Leuven, for Brabant. Extremely rare, with only a few known examples: the Brussels Medal Cabinet; the Claouet Collection, Crédit de la Bourse auction, 26–28 April 1993, lot 959 (“The third known example of this extremely rare coin after that in the Brussels Medal Cabinet and then lot 64 from the Docteur L. sale, Kampmann, 30 May 1980”) and, finally, the F. Couchard collection, A. Weil auction, 27 January 2006, lot 84 https://d10dakqizeg4uw.cloudfront.net/VAE19/1011.mp4
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