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Auction: 22004 - The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck and Simon English Esq. Collections of English Hammered and Milled Coins
Lot: 159

(x) The Jean-Marie Vanmeerbeeck Collection of English and Flanders Medieval and Tudor Coins | Flanders, Louis II de Male (1346-1384), Gouden Flandres / Flandres d'Or, 1369-1370, Gent, L | VDOVIC .' DEI : G : COM .' F ° DNS : FLANDRI | E, crowned Earl holding sword and wearing ermine cloak, standing in a Gothic portico, tournament helmet in left field, shield in right, FLANDRES in exergue, rev. + BENEDICTVS : QVI : VENIT : IN : NOMINE : DOMINI, double saltire stops, retrograde roman Ns, cross fleurée and feuillue, rampant Lion at centre, F L A D in angles, all within voided quatrefoil, large angular trefoils in spandrels, 4.18g [65.0grns], 4h, m.m. cross pattée (Martiny, Gent, 46-1; Elsen 36; Delmonte 464; Gaillard 217), lightly cleaned and residually lustrous, the central devices handsomely struck up, a really pleasingly bold very fine

Provenance
C Pire (Brussels), October 1986

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

Sold for
£3,800

Starting price
£1500