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Griffon - Philip the Handsome, Regency
Issuer | Brabant, Duchy of |
Year | 1487-1488 |
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Value | 1 Griffon (4) |
Currency | Groot (1183-1506) |
Composition | Billon (.480 silver) (and 0.440) |
Weight | 3.33 g |
Dimensions | 28 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Engraver(s) | |
In circulation to | |
Reference(s) | GH#70-1, Vanhoudt#90-AN |
Obverse description | Rampant griffon facing left, holding a firesteel in one hand and a flint in the other. Legend starts with crown |
Obverse script | Latin |
Obverse lettering | DENARI
⸰ SIMPLEX ⸰NOIAT ⸰ GRIFO[NUS] |
Reverse description | Shield of Austria-Burgundy over a long cross pattee that intersects legend |
Reverse script | Latin |
Reverse lettering | DEV ⸰
PLVS ⸰ AMA QVA ⸰ ARGENTV` (Translation: Love God more than silver) |
Edge | |
Mint | Antwerp, Belgium (600-1814) Mechelen, Belgium(1346-1585) |
Mintage | ND
(1487-1488) - - 2 218 601
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Catalog ID | 5425429110 |
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