Flanders. Louis II de Mâle gold Franc à cheval (Gouden Rijder) ND (1346-1384) MS63 NGC, Ghent mint, 3.82gm, Fr-156, Delm-458, DeMay-193. LVDOVIC´ o DEI | GRΛ : COMЄS Z | DnS : FLΛNDRIЄ, armored knight on horseback galloping left brandishing a sword / + XPC : VIИCIT : XPC : REGИΛT : XPC IИPERΛT, cross fleurée in quadrilobe with leaves at angles and trefoils in spandrels. A coveted example of a seldom-seen type, coming to market in anything considered appreciable once every so often. Here crisply struck and well preserved, displaying a mellowed golden appearance throughout.

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