379, Lot: 612. Estimate $150. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TUDOR. temp.Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. Æ Jeton (31mm, 6.13 g, 12h). Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Of uncertain Dutch manufacture, possibly from Middleburg. Dated 1589. NON • NOBIS • DOMINE • NON • NOBIS • 15 (castle) 89 (saltire), crowned coat-of-arms of Zeeland / (castle) • SED • NOMINI • TVO • DA • GLORIAM •, three ships engaged in combat; clouds above. MI 153/127; Eimer –; Van Loon I, p. 394. EF, attractive brown surfaces with touches of green.