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Triton XXIII 14-15 Jan 2020
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TUDOR. temp. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. Group of five (5) CU Jetons. Of Dutch manufacture. Commemorating various events related the the Dutch Revolt and the Spanish Armada. Group includes:
(1)CU Jeton (30mm, 5.02 g, 6h). Royal Assistance to the United Provinces. Dordrecht mint. Dated 1586. E · R · EST · ALT RIX · ESVRIENTIVM · EVM (E(lizabeth) R(egina) is the nourisher of those who hunger [for] Him), Elizabeth enthroned facing and holding scepter, presenting sword to two figures kneeling left; to left, courtier (the Earl of Leicester), standing right, holding open book decorated with two swords; date in exergue / (rosette) SERMO · DEI · QVO ENSE · ANCIPI = ACVTIOR (The Word of God [is] sharper than any double-edged sword), upright sword; above, radiate cloud with tetragrammaton. Dugniolle 3096; van Loon I 359; MI 133/87; Eimer 52.
(2) (30mm, 5.38 g, 6h). Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Middelburg mint. Dated 1588. (castle) × SOLI × DEO × GLORIA ×, coat-of-arms of Zeeland / (castle) × VENIT × IVIT × FVIT × 1588, two ships in naval engagement; · CLASSIS · HISP · below. Dugniolle 3186; van Loon I 390; MI 146/113; Eimer 58.
(3) (30mm, 5.38 g, 6h). Middelburg mint. Dated 1588. (castle) · CALCVLI · ORDINVM · ZEELANDIÆ ·, coat-of-arms of Zeeland, surrounded by eight civic arms of the main regional cities / · POST · NVBILA · PHOEBVS · AO · 1588, three Dutch ships sailing left; above, radiant sun breaking through clouds. Dugniolle 3187; van Loon I 384; MI 147/115; Eimer –
(4)(29mm, 5.55 g, 6h). Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Dordrecht mint. Dated 1588. (rosette) HOMO · PROPONIT · DEVS · DISPONIT ·, four figures kneeling left in prayer; ·1588· below / + HISPANI · FVGIV'T · ET · PEREV'T · NEMINE · SEQVETE, ship under sail right, breaking up. Dugniolle 3188; van Loon I 386; MI 147/116; Eimer 60.
(5) (5.39 g, 11h). The Election of Maurits van Oranje as Stadhouder. Dordrecht(?) mint. Dated 1590. · (rosette) · HANC · TVEMVR · (rosette) · HAC · NITIMVR, column set on Bible, with RE LIG. above and surmounted by cap with LI BERT. below, supported by six hands emerging from clouds, three on left and three on right / · CALC · SENAT · PROVINC · VNIT · BELGII · 1590, clasped right hands emerging from clouds over bundle of six arrows: DEO above, IVVANTE below. Dugniolle 3256; van Loon I 412; MI –; Eimer –. All pieces brown surfaces, third jeton slightly bent. Good VF to EF.
(1)CU Jeton (30mm, 5.02 g, 6h). Royal Assistance to the United Provinces. Dordrecht mint. Dated 1586. E · R · EST · ALT RIX · ESVRIENTIVM · EVM (E(lizabeth) R(egina) is the nourisher of those who hunger [for] Him), Elizabeth enthroned facing and holding scepter, presenting sword to two figures kneeling left; to left, courtier (the Earl of Leicester), standing right, holding open book decorated with two swords; date in exergue / (rosette) SERMO · DEI · QVO ENSE · ANCIPI = ACVTIOR (The Word of God [is] sharper than any double-edged sword), upright sword; above, radiate cloud with tetragrammaton. Dugniolle 3096; van Loon I 359; MI 133/87; Eimer 52.
(2) (30mm, 5.38 g, 6h). Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Middelburg mint. Dated 1588. (castle) × SOLI × DEO × GLORIA ×, coat-of-arms of Zeeland / (castle) × VENIT × IVIT × FVIT × 1588, two ships in naval engagement; · CLASSIS · HISP · below. Dugniolle 3186; van Loon I 390; MI 146/113; Eimer 58.
(3) (30mm, 5.38 g, 6h). Middelburg mint. Dated 1588. (castle) · CALCVLI · ORDINVM · ZEELANDIÆ ·, coat-of-arms of Zeeland, surrounded by eight civic arms of the main regional cities / · POST · NVBILA · PHOEBVS · AO · 1588, three Dutch ships sailing left; above, radiant sun breaking through clouds. Dugniolle 3187; van Loon I 384; MI 147/115; Eimer –
(4)(29mm, 5.55 g, 6h). Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Dordrecht mint. Dated 1588. (rosette) HOMO · PROPONIT · DEVS · DISPONIT ·, four figures kneeling left in prayer; ·1588· below / + HISPANI · FVGIV'T · ET · PEREV'T · NEMINE · SEQVETE, ship under sail right, breaking up. Dugniolle 3188; van Loon I 386; MI 147/116; Eimer 60.
(5) (5.39 g, 11h). The Election of Maurits van Oranje as Stadhouder. Dordrecht(?) mint. Dated 1590. · (rosette) · HANC · TVEMVR · (rosette) · HAC · NITIMVR, column set on Bible, with RE LIG. above and surmounted by cap with LI BERT. below, supported by six hands emerging from clouds, three on left and three on right / · CALC · SENAT · PROVINC · VNIT · BELGII · 1590, clasped right hands emerging from clouds over bundle of six arrows: DEO above, IVVANTE below. Dugniolle 3256; van Loon I 412; MI –; Eimer –. All pieces brown surfaces, third jeton slightly bent. Good VF to EF.