CNG 108, Lot: 1046. Estimate $5000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DUTCH REVOLT (Nederlandse Opstand), Low Countries. Deventer. Blockaded by the States-General, 1578. AR Half Daalder Klippe (32x31mm, 12.55 g). Emission of 9 June 1578. Dated 1578. VRGEN x NEC ESS DAVE’ · 9 · IVN · 78 : , crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; additional arms below eagle’s tail in legend / Blank. P&W De60; Gelder, Noodmunten, 142; Fortuyn Droogleever 68; Delmonte, Argent 214; Mailliet 7; Lasser 1151; CNM 2.12.84. In NGC encapsulation, 4212888-001, graded AU 53. Deeply toned, numeral 3. twice in India ink on reverse. Rare.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.7026 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 566.

In order to better protect the areas of Holland and Utrecht from Spanish plundering, the States-General blockaded the city, a form of siege warfare. Victory was achieved when the commander, George van Lalaing, employed the strategic advice offered by Johan van den Kornput, a young Dutch engineer, cartographer, and military strategist.