363, Lot: 485. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LOW COUNTRIES, Nederlandse Opstand (Dutch Revolt). 1566/8-1581. AR Jeton (34mm, 15.20 g, 12h). Execution of Egmont and Horn. Dated 1579. (rosette) PRÆSTAT (rosette) PVGNARE PRO (rosette) PATRIA (rosette) 15 (rosette) 79, battle between two horsemen above two fighting soldiers / (rosette) QVAM (rosette) SIMVLATA (rosette) PACE (rosette) DECIPI (rosette), decapitated corpses of Egmont and Horn; above, heads impaled on pikes. Van Loon I 275. Good VF, toned.
Ex Classical Numismatic Review XX.2 (Summer 1995), no. 944.