Zierikzee 1576 48 stuivers
This specimen was lot 31721 in Heritage sale 3107 (Chicago, May 2023), where it sold for $3,120. The catalog description[1] noted,
"Netherlands: Zeeland. Zierikzee City silver Uniface Klippe Siege Daalder of 48 Stuivers 1576 AU50 NGC. Emergency coinage issued in July 1576. REGIÆ / MAT RECON / CILIATA ZI /RIZEA Z? / IVLY AO / 1576 Text in seven lines // Reverse blank. Evocative toning with golden and storm gray hues with underlying luminosity. The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (c.1566/1568-1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. Zierikzee was besieged by the Spanish under the command of Cristóbal de Mondragón from October 1575-29 July 1576. From the Coenen Collection."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.20 g, 35 x 35 mm.
Catalog reference: Delm-13, PW-Zi13.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- Korchnak, Lawrence C., Siege Coins of the World, 1453-1902, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2021.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2023 May 3 - 5 CSNS World Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction #3107, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2023.
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