CNG 108, Lot: 1086. Estimate $3000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DUTCH REVOLT (Nederlandse Opstand), Low Countries. Zierikzee. Besieged by the Spanish under the command of Cristóbal de Mondragón, October 1575-29 July 1576. AR Half Daalder Klippe (26x27mm, 7.14 g). Emission of 28 February 1576. Dated 1576. Civic coat-of-arms within circular pearl border; below, 1576 within ornate frame; civic coat-of-arms stamp above / Blank. Cf. P&W Zi 10; Gelder, Noodmunten, 90a; De Man 5a; Delmonte, Argent 175; cf. Mailliet 18; Lasser –; CNM 2.50.16. In NGC encapsulation, 4212877-002, graded VF 30. Very rare.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.9386 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 516 (hammer CHF 12,000 on an estimate of 1000 CHF).

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.