Florin `Saint Philip`- Philip the Handsome 2d type

€303,136.00
IssuerBrabant, Duchy of
Year1499
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Florin (Guilder) (40)
CurrencyGroot (1183-1506)
CompositionGold (.663)
Weight3.3 g
Dimensions
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) GH#115-1a, Witte#597, Delmonte G#85, Vanhoudt#145 AN, Levinson#II-144, Fr#46
Obverse descriptionMid-length figure of St. Philip, nimbate, holding a cross in his right hand and open gospels in his left, below him a shield of Austria-Burgundy-Brabant
Obverse scriptLatin (uncial)
Obverse letteringSAnCTE *Ph`E*InTER CEDE*PRO*nOBIS 1499
(Translation: Saint Philip, intercede for us)
Reverse descriptionFloriate triple cross with a small lion at its center, inside a polylobe
Reverse scriptLatin (uncial)
Reverse letteringPh`s*DEI*GRA*ARChIDVX*AVSTRIE*DVX*BVRG*BRA
(Translation: Philip, by God`s grace Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Brabant)
Edge
Mint
Mintage1499  - - 151 230
Catalog ID4936742600
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