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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 157

(x) The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck Collection of Numismatic Portraits from Medieval Flanders and Tudor England | Flanders, Louis II de Male (1346-1384), Old Gouden Helm / Vieil Heaume d'Or, 19 December 1367 - 18 June 1368, Gent, L | V | DOVICVS : DEI ° GRA : COM .' Z : DNS : FLANDR | I | E, tournament helmet above a slanting Flemish shield held by two rampant lions, all under Gothic canopy, FLANDRES in exergue, rev. BENEDICTVS : QVI : VENIT : IN : NOMINE : DOMINI, double saltire stops, retrograde Ns, cross fleurée and feuillue, D' at centre, F L A N in angles, all within tressure of eight arcs and protuding corners, trefoils in spandrels, 6.71g [103.6grns], 8h, m.m. cross pattée (Martiny, Gent, 43-1; Elsen 33; Delmonte 462; Gaillard 216; Fb. 159 [104]), some superficial hairlines, otherwise on a beautiful neat round flan, handsomely uniform, bright and lustrous, good extremely fine, rare

Provenance
C Pire (Brussels), May 1989
"Bank Vault, Northern France, 1984"

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£17,000

Starting price
£10000