Skip to content

Issuing authority

County of Flanders

Kind
principality
Region
Western Europe, Europe

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

8

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

8 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1384 – 1584

8 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Double groot 'jongelaar' from Flanders of Philip the Bold, 1384-1404

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Double groot 'jongelaar' from Flanders of Philip the Bold, 1384-1404

1384 - 1404

Obverse: eagle standing on two coats of arms angled towards each other, with a rose between them. Reverse: long cross patée. Double legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2373; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.…

Documented

Partial type record

Groot 'rozebeker' from Flanders of Philip the Bold, Count of Flanders, and Joanna, 1384-1389

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Groot 'rozebeker' from Flanders of Philip the Bold, Count of Flanders, and Joanna, 1384-1389

1384 - 1389

Silver coin. Convention coin. Obverse: two coats of arms placed side by side, of Philip and of Joanna. Above them a wreath and around them three roses. Reverse: coat of arms of Flanders on a short flowered cross. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2536; its record gives material recorded as si…

Documented

Partial type record

Andriesgulden of Charles the Bold, c. 1470

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Andriesgulden of Charles the Bold, c. 1470

c. 1470

Gold Andriesgulden, struck by Charles the Bold (1467–1477). Obverse: full-length Saint Andrew, a diagonal cross (Saint Andrew's cross); inscription: SANCTUS ANDREAS. Reverse: coat of arms on cross; inscription: KAROLUS DEI GRA COM FLAND. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-14306-F; its record give…

Documented

Partial type record

Double stuiver from Flanders of Philip the Handsome, 1482-1506

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Double stuiver from Flanders of Philip the Handsome, 1482-1506

1499 - 1500

Silver coin. Obverse: in a polyfoil crowned composite coat of arms of Burgundy. Reverse: short floriated cross, lily in the centre. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2390A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.9 cm x…

Documented

Partial type record

Flanders, Charles V (minor), double stuiver

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Flanders, Charles V (minor), double stuiver

1506 - 1515

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned composite coat of arms of Burgundy within a polylobe. Reverse: short flowered cross, with a lily in the heart. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2390C; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter…

Documented

Partial type record

François-Hercule, Duke of Anjou, Count of Flanders, coin of twelve mijten, struck in Ghent

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

François-Hercule, Duke of Anjou, Count of Flanders, coin of twelve mijten, struck in Ghent

1582

Obverse: crowned, standing lion above date within inscription. Reverse: crowned coat of arms, encircled with the Order of St Michael within inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-579; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements…

Documented

Partial type record

François-Hercule, Duke of Anjou, Count of Flanders, twelve-mijt coin, struck in Ghent

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

François-Hercule, Duke of Anjou, Count of Flanders, twelve-mijt coin, struck in Ghent

1583

Obverse: crowned, standing lion above date within legend. Reverse: crowned coat of arms, surrounded by the collar of the Order of Saint Michael within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-580; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measure…

Documented

Partial type record

Free County of Flanders, twelve-mijt coin, struck in Ghent

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Free County of Flanders, twelve-mijt coin, struck in Ghent

1584

Obverse: crowned, standing lion above date within legend. Reverse: crowned coat of arms within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-626; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.5 cm x weight 5.51 g.

Documented

Partial type record

Dated entries by century

  • 14th century2
  • 15th century2
  • 16th century4

Only the 8 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Silver4
  • Copper3
  • Gold1

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

Browse other historical issuers and makers in the Atlas, or read how attributions are made in the editorial method.