County of Holland Guilder "Saint Philip" - Philip the Handsome, 1496 – 1499

Florin from County of Holland. Issued from 1496 to 1499. Struck in Gold. Measures 0 mm and weighs 3.4 g.

Obverse

Full-length figure of Saint Philip, nimbate and forward facing, holding a cross-tipped staff in his right hand, and the gospels in his left (Saint Philip, intercede for us)

Reverse

Floriate cross with a small lion shield at its center. Shields of Burgundy-Holland -Burgundy-Austria in angles, legend begins with crown. (Philip, by God's grace Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Count of Holland)