Netherlands
Zeeland. Zierikzee City silver Uniface Klippe Siege Daalder of 48 Stuivers 1576 AU50 NGC, Delm-13, PW-Zi13. 29.20gm. 35x35mm. Emergency coinage issued in July 1576. REGIÆ / MAT RECON / CILIATA ZI /RIZEA ZẠ / 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
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