Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 108 16 May 2018
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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 (31x27mm, 15.40 g). Dated 1710. (Sacred Heart) PRO · REGE · ET · PATRIA · ARIA · 50 · OBṢ, 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, 4212828-001, graded MS 62. Exceptional deep cabinet tone.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.7066 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 732.
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.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.7066 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 732.
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.