Lot 522
Belgium -- Flanders (Low Countries). Gouden Gehelmde Leeuw, or Lion d'Or, ND (Ghent, struck c. 1370). Fr-157; Gaill.-214; Delm.-460; Coll. Vernier 13. 5.41 grams. Louis de Maele, 1346-1384. Lion seated left within ornate gothic baldaquin, wearing crowned helmet with elaborate lion-headed crest; in exergue FLANDRES. Reverse: Cross fleury with "D" at center, "F-L-A-N" letters within the angles, all within poly-lobed tressure. Choice, Mint State with a detailed strike, on a full large flan, again with fully legible and complete legends. Rare; an exceptional piece. NGC graded MS-63.
Brussels is the main city of Flanders in the northern part of modern-day Belgium, while Ghent has always been one of the more picturesque spots of the region, a place where diplomats would meet -- where, for instance, the treaty ending the war between Great Britain and United States was signed in 1812.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000.
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