Defeat of the Spanish Armada

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1616. Estimate $200. Sold for $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOW COUNTRIES, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). 1581-1795. Æ Rekenpenning (29mm, 5.53 g, 9h). Commemorating the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Dated 1588. (rosette) HOMO · PROPONIT · DEVS · DISPONIT · (Man proposes; God disposes), father, mother, and two children kneeling left on ground line in prayer; above, radiance emanating from clouds above; • 1588 • in exergue / + HISPANI · FVGIVT · ET · PEREVT · NEMINE · SEQVETE (the Spaniards are in flight and perish with no one in pursuit), ship under sail right, breaking up; Ωs over second V of FVGIVT, V of PEREVT, and second E of SEQVETE. Dugnoille 3188; Van Loon I 386; MI 147/116; Eimer 60. Good VF, brown patina.