CNG 108, Lot: 1080. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DUTCH REVOLT (Nederlandse Opstand), Low Countries. Zierikzee. Besieged by the Spanish under the command of Cristóbal de Mondragón, October 1575-29 July 1576. AR Daalder Klippe (38x38.5mm, 29.12 g). Emission of 7 November 1575. Dated 1575. Civic coat-of-arms within circular pearl border; below, 1575 within ornate frame; civic coat-of-arms stamp above / Blank. P&W Zi 01; Gelder, Noodmunten, 81; De Man 3a; Delmonte, Argent 171; Mailliet 6 var. (issue in tin); Lasser 1115 var. (same); CNM 2.50.1. In NGC encapsulation, 4220078-001, graded XF 40. Toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.1460 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 507 (hammer 8000 CHF on a estimate of 1000 CHF).

Situated in Zeeland, Zierikzee, unlike it neighbor Middelburg, sided against the Spanish. Because of its strategic location and importance to the revolt, Zierikzee was besieged from November 1575 to February 1576. The city was eventually compelled to capitulate. In the ensuing negotiations, the Dutch were forced to allow those inhabitants of the city who were Catholic to enjoy religious freedom.