FLANDERS, PHILIP THE GOOD, GOLD LION D’OR, MS 61

FLANDERS, PHILIP THE GOOD, GOLD LION D’OR, MS 61

Code: 10481

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Flanders, Southern Netherlands, Philip the Good (Philippe le Bon, 1430-67), gold Lion d’or (30s 0d), ND (1454-6)
Bruges mint.
Obverse: Lion seated left under a Gothic canopy, briquets on either side, PHS xx DEI xx GRA xx DVX xx BVRG xx COM 'xx FLAND '. 
Reverse: The Duke’s arms on a floriate cross, SIT xx NOMEN xx DOMINI xx BENEDICTVM xx AMEN(briquette) 
GH. 3.2; DdP. 21.51; Delm. 489; Fr. 185 (118); VH/Saunders 294; Schneider 237.
Very well struck for this often weakly struck coinage, with a superb portrait of the lion, much as struck.
4.21 grams.
Has been graded and slabbed by NGC as MS 61
NGC Certification number: 6028145-001.