CNG 108, Lot: 1083. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. 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 Quarter Daalder (32mm, 7.22 g). Later strike. Dated 1575. Civic coat-of-arms within circular pearl border; above, 1575 within ornate frame; civic stamp above / Blank. Cf. P&W Zi 06 (issue in tin; date and civic stamp transposed); cf. Gelder, Noodmunten, 86; cf. De Man 22 (issue in tin); cf. Delmonte, Argent176 (for civic coat-of-arms); cf. Mailliet 16²; Lasser –; cf. CNM 2.50.12 (issue in tin; date and civic stamp transposed). In NGC encapsulation, 4212877-002, graded AU 58. Collector number (4./7.) in two lines in India ink on reverse.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.9383 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 509.

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.