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Nomos 13

7 October 2016
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 1500 CHF
Hammer Price:  6000 CHF
Lot 24

NETHERLANDS, The Dutch Republic. Medal (Silver, 54 mm, 53.54 g, 12 h), struck in honor of the capture of Sluys by the Dutch and to commemorate the valiant defense of Ostende by the Dutch during the great siege, prior to its ultimate fall, by G. van Bylaer, Utrecht, 1604. ✣ IEHOVA✣PRIVS✣DEDERAT✣ ORDIN TRAIEC (=The Lord had given - The States of Utrecht) View of the area of Sluys with its fortresses, troops and ships, below, crowned arms of Utrecht. Rev. ✣PLVS✣QVAM✣PERDIDIMVS✣.CIƆ.IƆ.CIIII. (=more than we had lost - 1604) View of the area of Ostende with troops and ships. Van Loon II, pp. 15-17, iii. A splendid, beautifully toned example. Good extremely fine.

From a European Collection, ex Nomos 13, 7 October 2016, 24.

One of the most famous sieges of the Eighty Years War, and one of the longest in history, was that of Ostende. Held by the Dutch, the Spanish began desperately trying to get it back in 1601. Due to Dutch valor and initial Spanish incompetence, all assaults on the city failed causing enormous casualties. In 1603 the Genoese aristocrat and military commander, Anbrogio Spinola, who had entered Spanish service in 1602, took over the command. On 20 September 1604 a treaty was made that allowed all who wanted to leave the devastated city and rejoin the Dutch forces to the north. The total number of casualties seems to have reached 80,000. Spinola was greatly honored for his fairness - even by his opponent Maurice of Nassau, however, he was financially ruined since he had to pledge his private fortune to finance the war and the Spanish government refused to repay him. As for Sluys, Spinola’s younger brother Frederico had been in command of a Spanish fleet that tried to relieve Sluis from a Dutch siege. This failed, its commander was killed, and the city fell to the Dutch who considered it a perfect trade for Ostende.

Online bidding closes: 7 Oct 2016, 11:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 10:16:33 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:6000 CHF

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