Zaltbommel (1579-81) daalder Dav-8897
This specimen was lot 1110 in Jean Elsen sale 115 (Brussels, December 2012) where it sold for €4200 (about US$6,411 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, ZALTBOMMEL, Stad, AR daalder van 30 stuiver, z.j. (1579-1581), Droit: (granaatappel) DVRAE NECESSITATIS OPVS Stadswal met geschut in de poort. Revers: MONETA- NOVA FACTA- BOEME Stadswapen tussen twee leeuwen met een kort zwaard in de klauwen. Uiterst Zeldzaam. Ex HSA 9338. Zeer Fraai. (city of Zaltbommel, daalder of thirty stuivers/écu of thirty sols without date (1579-81).Obverse: city walls, cannon in gate; reverse: city arms supported by two lions sharing a sword. Very rare, very fine.)"
Zaltbommel is on the south bank of the river Waal, about half way between Utrecht and Nijmegen. It was besieged several times by the Spanish during the Eighty Years War but was never taken.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 23.13 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8897, Verk., 36, 1 var; Delm-563; CNM 2.48.4.
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- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 115: Collection Huntington, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
Link to:
- Gelderland 1578 states daalder Dav-8498
- Groningen-Ommelanden 1579 uniedaalder Dav-8502
- Tournai 1579 states daalder Dav-8654
- Utrecht 1579 uniedaalder Dav-8525
- Gelderland 1579 uniedaalder Dav-8499
- (1579-81) half daalder, "MONETA NOVA FACTA BOEME"
- (1579-81) daalder, "MONETA• NO• FACTA• BOEME• S•TRI"
- Coins and currency dated 1579
- return to coins of Spanish Netherlands