1/2 Florin `Saint Philip` - Philip the Handsome

€390,096.00
IssuerBrabant, Duchy of
Year1500
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1/2 Florin (Guilder) (20)
CurrencyGroot (1183-1506)
CompositionGold
Weight
Dimensions
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Delmonte G#89, Witte#604
Obverse descriptionMid-length figure of St. Phillip, holding gospels in his left hand and cross in his right, leaning on a shield of Austria-Burgundy-Brabant
Obverse scriptLatin (uncial)
Obverse lettering
Reverse descriptionFloriate double cross with alternating crowns and fleur-de-lis in the angles
Reverse scriptLatin (uncial)
Reverse letteringMO AV FAC TRAIECT I VROEHOF 1500
(Translation: Gold coin struck in the Vroehof of Maastricht)
Edge
Mint
Mintage1500  - -
Catalog ID5651848430
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