Siege of Middleburg
Ex Brand and Ferrari Collections

Triton XIX, Lot: 2553. Estimate $5000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOW COUNTRIES, Nederlandse Opstand (Dutch Revolt). 1566/8-1581. AV Kroon – Dukaat (21x21mm, 3.37 g). Siege of Middelburg. Eighty Year’s War Issue. Dated 1573, though struck 1574. Legend in five lines in circle; two coats-of-arms stamped in margins / Blank. P&W Mo05; CNM 2.35.5; Delmonte, Or 919; Frieberg 164. Choice EF, lustrous, flan flaws, negligible scratches on reverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 29 (28 January 1992), lot 1115; Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 6, Sotheby's, 17 May 1984), lot 573; Baron Philippe de Ferrari la Renotière Collection (J. Schulman, 16 November 1925), lot 47.