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BELGIUM Flanders, Ghent (Republic of, 1577–1584). Gold half-noble bearing the banner of François d’Alençon, 1582, Ghent. Obverse (at 2 o’clock) MON. – .AVREA. METROPOL. GAND – .FLAND. The King standing face-on in a nave, holding a raised sword and a shield, with a flag to his left. The letters N and T at the top of the field. Rev. (lion). NISI. DNS. CVSTOD. CIVIT. FRVSTRA. (date). A leafy and fleur-de-lis cross flanked by four leopards beneath crowns, all within an octolobe flanked by small shamrocks. Delm.528 - VH.427 - Fr.245; Gold - 3.38 g - 26.5 mm - 5 h NGC UNC DETAILS REV SCRATCHED (8772190-008). With three lilies in the banner for François d’Alençon. With a wide flan and great freshness, the original lustre barely tarnished in the fields. A fine scratch on the reverse. Rare. Superb in Proof condition. The city of Ghent, in the hands of radical Protestants, rebelled against Philip II and became an independent Calvinist republic. The republic had noble, half-noble and quarter-noble coins struck for François d’Alençon in 1581 and 1582, featuring the banner with lilies, then the banner with the two clasped hands in 1582, and finally the banner with the lion in 1583, before the city was recaptured by the Spanish forces commanded by Alessandro Farnese
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