CNG 108, Lot: 1084. Estimate $3000.
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DUTCH REVOLT (Nederlandse Opstand), Low Countries. Zierikzee. Besieged by the Spanish under the command of Cristóbal de Mondragón, October 1575-29 July 1576. AR Daalder Klippe (34x34mm, 28.38 g). Emission of July 1576. Dated
1576. · + ·/· REGIÆ/MA
T RECON/CILIATA · ZI/RIZEA · Z
Ạ/· IVLY · A
O/· 1576 · in seven lines / Blank. P&W Zi 13; Gelder,
Noodmunten, 93a; De Man 38; Delmonte,
Argent 177; Mailliet 20; Lasser 1116; CNM 2.50.19. In NGC encapsulation, 4235558-001, graded XF 45. Toned.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.9390 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 517 (where it hammered CHF 6000 on a CHF 800 estimate).
Situated in Zeeland, Zierikzee, unlike it neighbor Middelburg, sided against the Spanish. Because of its strategic location and importance to the revolt, Zierikzee was besieged from November 1575 to February 1576. The city was eventually compelled to capitulate. In the ensuing negotiations, the Dutch were forced to allow those inhabitants of the city who were Catholic to enjoy religious freedom.
