LOW COUNTRIES, Oudenaarde (Audenarde). Blockaded by the Spanish under Alessandro Farnese, Duca di Parma, 1582. Restrike AR 40 Stuiver Klippe (38x38mm, 21.16 g). Siege issue. Dated 1582 (but made in the 18th-19th century). Near EF.

Triton XXVI
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LOW COUNTRIES, Oudenaarde (Audenarde). Blockaded by the Spanish under Alessandro Farnese, Duca di Parma, 1582. Restrike AR 40 Stuiver Klippe (38x38mm, 21.16 g). Siege issue. Dated 1582 (but made in the 18th-19th century). · SPES · NOSTRA · DEVS ·, civic coat-of-arms; 15 82 below; all within linear and pearl border; above, crowned spectacles with Λ / Blank. van Loon –; Ophthalmologia XI.5 (this coin illustrated); Vanhoudt –, but cf. I 263; cf. Gelder, Noodmunten, 174 (for issue in tin); Maillet 1; Lasser –; CNM –; cf. Korchnak 474 (for issue in tin). Toned, marks. Near EF.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part, III Numismatic Fine Arts & Bank Leu, 29 March 1985), lot 1040; Scott & Co. 39 (19 December 1881), lot 29.

The wealthy town of Oudenaarde became Protestant following the Reformation and allied itself with the city of Ghent against Charles V. The prolonged siege of 1582 resulted in the subsequent flight of merchants and nobles, resulting in the town failing to its former glory.

The final winners of all Triton XXVI lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 10-11 January 2023.

Triton XXVI – Session Four – Lots 991-1315 will be held Wednesday afternoon, 11 January 2023 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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