CNG 99, Lot: 1160. Estimate $750. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOW COUNTRIES, Groningen. AR Medal (56mm, 37.28 g, 12h). Dated 1672 in Roman numerals. Fortified city of Groningen under siege by troops on foot and horseback / (double eagle) SIT SVMMA GLORIA DEO NEC NON HONOS DOIS, CIVIB, MILITIÆ (the highest glory is not only in God, but also in the honoring of the Lord, the citizenry, and the military), ANNO/MDCLXXII/GRONINGA/AB EPISC · COLON · ET/MONAST · IX IUL ·/FORTITER · OBSESSA/DURITER OPPUGNATA/XVII AUG · TURPITER/DESERTA · (Groningen---fervently desired, harshly attacked, and shamefully abandoned by the Bishop of Münster and Köln) in nine lines; ·M·H·S· below. Van Loon III pp. 99-100; Weiler 36. EF, toned.