An Enigmatic Piece

421, Lot: 727. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCO-SPANISH WAR (Frans-Spaanse Oorlog), Low Countries. Papingem (Saint-Venant)?. Besieged by the Marquis de Turenne, 1657. Æ (23x24mm, 3.58 g). Possible later issue. Lis within twisted cord border; crown above / Blank. Van Loon –; cf. Mailliet 1-2 (use of lis [issues in silver]); Lasser –; cf. WAG 72, lot 2023 (use of lison silver giorgino). VF, deposits. Possibly unique and an enigma.

Reportedly ex Virgil Brand Collection.