CNG 108, Lot: 1120. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION (Spaanse Successieoorlog), Low Countries. Ariën-aan-de-Leie. Besieged by the Austrian and English troops under the command of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and François-Eugène de Savoie, September-11 November 1710. AR 50 Sols Klippe (29x30mm, 15.43 g). Dated 1710. (Sacred Heart) PRO · REGE · ET · PATRIA · ARIA · 50 · OB^Ṣ, coat-of-arms of the Marquis de Goesbriand, governor of the town; 17 10 flanking shield / Blank. Mailliet 5; Brause-Mansfeld I, pl. 9, 4; Haeck, Munten 144; Lasser –. In NGC encapsulation, 4212825-011, graded AU 55.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.70698 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 734.

Throughout its history, the town of Ariën-aan-de-Leie was besieged numerous times. During the War of the Spanish Succession, the Alliance forces, under the command of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and François-Eugène de Savoie laid siege to the town with Marlborough’s headquarters near the Priory of St. Andrew.After a siege of two months, the Marquis de Goesbriand, governor of the town, surrendered, handing over the city keys to Marlborough.