Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1228. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $245. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOW COUNTRIES, Vlaanderen (Flanders). Maria van Bourgondië. 1477-1482. AR Double Briquet (3.03 g, 6h). Brugge mint. Dated 1478. Two lions seated vis-à-vis; briquet above / Coat of arms of Burgundy on cross fleurée. G&H 39-3b; De Mey, Flanders 432; Levinson II-34; Frey 185C. VF, toned, flan slightly wavy, a few scratches under tone.

From the Robert A. Levinson Collection.

A likely overdate of 1478/7/6 is visible, in which the “8” in the date was transformed from its original character, a “6,” into “7” and finally into an “8.” This method of updating the coin’s year allowed the mint to save time by reusing old dies.