CNG 108, Lot: 1059. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DUTCH REVOLT (Nederlandse Opstand), Low Countries. Kampen. Besieged by the States-General, 1578. AR 42 Stuiver Klippe (42x44mm). Emission of July 1578. Civic gate; EXTREMVM and SVBSIDIVM above; CAMPEN and 1578 below; 4Z to left, ST to right / Blank. P&W Ka66; Gelder, Noodmunten 136; Delmonte, Argent 210; Mailliet 1; Lasser 1149; CNM 2.30.88. In NGC encapsulation, 4228653-002, graded AU 55. Attractive cabinet tone. A specimen of the type, though in lesser condition, sold in Schulman b.v. 352 (28 January 2017), lot 272 for €6500.

Kampen was a city that changed hands several times during the Dutch Revolt. Initially taken from the Spanish in 1572, it was voluntary surrendered to the Spanish following the massacre at Zutphen that November. In 1578, George van Lalaing, the commander of the siege at Deventer, retook the city once again from the Spanish.