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Nomos 23

30 November 2021
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 3500 CHF
Hammer Price:  6000 CHF
Lot 349

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC. Groningen. 1672. Obsidional 50 Sols (Silver, 34x35 mm, 28.40 g, 12 h), struck in commemoration of Groningen's successful resistance against the forces of Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster, who besieged the city from 9 July to 17 August; with a laudatory inscription on the reverse, privately and contemporarily engraved. • IVRE • • ET • TEMPORE • 1672 • Crowned arms of Groningen; to left and right, 50 - ST. Rev. Groningen Belegers / den 9 July / verlatens / den 17 Au / gusti / 1672 Carefully engraved view of Groningen behind its ramparts. Cdmo. XLIV.8. Delm. 736; CNM 2.14.38. Huntington n° 1001.1. 7047. A very rare example with such a finely engraved reverse. Nicely toned. Nearly extremely fine.

From the Huntington Collection, Numismatica Genevensis SA 7, 27 November 2012, 694.

Online bidding closes: 30 Nov 2021, 08:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 15:26:49 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:6000 CHF

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