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Auction: 14005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 447

Low Countries, Flanders, Philip the Bold (1384-1404), Demi-Noble, 3.78g, Bruges, Ghent or Malines, after 1388, ruler standing facing in ship with flag, holding shield and sword, phs dei.g.dvx.bvrg.com.z.dns.fland, rev. domine.ne.in.fvrore.tvo. argv as.me, floriate cross, p in centre, crowned leopards in angles (Del.475; F.170; Schneider 154), light crease and some scuffs, good very fine, extremely rare

provenance:
DNW, 1 October 2012, lot 4443.
Found in Hampshire, December 2011.
Recorded with BNJ Coin Register 2012, 124.
There are only a few specimens known and it is unusual to find such a coin in Great Britain. The Flemish gold Noble was introduced on 1 October 1388 in order to pay for the wool purchased from the English. Although the Flemish gold nobles are common, the Half-Nobles are extremely rare.

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