Netherlands
Maastricht besieged by the Spanish troops under Alessandro Farnese (8/3/1579 -29/6/1579),
8 Stuiver, 5.01g, 1579, city arms with helm above, inscriptions in four lines with a hand holding sword in centre, value in exergue, * * TRA IEC *AB* HIS PAN IS* OBS ESS VIII (Vanhoudt 538 var ; vG.155 ; dW 816),
weakly struck, very fine.
PROVENANCE: Hariga, December 1990, lot 557, ex Laurens Schulman, 26 November 1990, lot 622.
Collection W & W