CNG 108, Lot: 1088. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. 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. Tin Quarter Daalder (26mm, 6.77 g). Later strike. Civic coat-of-arms within circular pearl border; civic stamp below / Blank. P&W Zi 06 var. (issue with date); cf. Gelder, Noodmunten, 86; cf. De Man 22 (issue with date); Mailliet 16; Lasser –; CNM 2.50.37 var. (issue without civic stamp). In NGC encapsulation, 3748154-005, graded XF Details, tooled. Toned, collector information (Zierkzee/1577/Mailliet/CXXXI 9) on reverse.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.18701 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 512.

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.