LIECHTENSTEIN, Principality. Johann II. 1858-1929. AR Vereinstaler (33mm, 18.61 g, 12h). Wien (Vienna) mint. Dated 1862 A. Bare head right / Crowned, collared, and mantled coat-of-arms. KM (Y) 1; Davenport 215. Light golden cabinet toning with significant underlying luster. In NGC encapsulation 6489889-009, graded MS 61. Rare.
LOW COUNTRIES, Brabant (duchy). Johanna van Brabant. 1355-1406. AV Gouden lam – Mouton d'or (29mm, 4.64 g, 9h). Vilvoorde mint. + AGN · DЄI · QVI · TOLL'· PЄCA · mVnDI · mISЄRЄRЄ nOB': (pellet-in-annulet stops), Agnus Dei standing left, head upturned right; behind, banner flying from ornate cruciform staff; IOh DVX below / + : XP'C : VIИCIT : XP'C : RЄGИAT : XP'C : IMPЄRAT, cross fleurée and feuillue; in center of cross, cinquefoil within angled quadrilobe; lis in quarters; all within angled quadrilobe; lis in spandrels. Delmonte, Or 43; Delmonte, Brabant 196; De Mey, Louvian & Brabant 224; Friedberg 8. In NGC encapsulation 6489299-014, graded MS 62 (there incorrectly attributed to Jean II of France).
LOW COUNTRIES, Oudenaarde (Audenarde). Blockaded by the Spanish under Alessandro Farnese, Duca di Parma, 1582. Restrike AR 40 Stuiver Klippe (38x38mm, 21.16 g). Siege issue. Dated 1582 (but made in the 18th-19th century). · SPES · NOSTRA · DEVS ·, civic coat-of-arms; 15 82 below; all within linear and pearl border; above, crowned spectacles with Λ / Blank. van Loon –; Ophthalmologia XI.5 (this coin illustrated); Vanhoudt –, but cf. I 263; cf. Gelder, Noodmunten, 174 (for issue in tin); Maillet 1; Lasser –; CNM –; cf. Korchnak 474 (for issue in tin). Toned, marks. Near EF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part, III Numismatic Fine Arts & Bank Leu, 29 March 1985), lot 1040; Scott & Co. 39 (19 December 1881), lot 29.The wealthy town of Oudenaarde became Protestant following the Reformation and allied itself with the city of Ghent against Charles V. The prolonged siege of 1582 resulted in the subsequent flight of merchants and nobles, resulting in the town failing to its former glory.
LOW COUNTRIES, Oudenaarde (Audenarde). Blockaded by the Spanish under Alessandro Farnese, Duca di Parma, 1582. Tin 20 Stuiver Klippe (32x32mm, 15.44 g). Siege issue. Dated 1582. DEVS SPES NRA, civic coat-of-arms; 20 · S · (mark of value) above 15 82 below; all within linear and pearl border; above, crowned spectacles with Λ; rosette stops in legend / Blank. van Loon (new edition) 1582.20 and pl. I.XXXI, 555 = Ophthalmologia XI.1 (this coin illustrated); Vanhoudt I 264; Gelder, Noodmunten, 175; Maillet 2; Lasser –; CNM –; Korchnak 475. Toned. EF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Jonathan K. Kern Collection of Siege Coinage (Classical Numismatic Group 108, lot 1072; Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.9331 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 583 (hammer 10,000 CHF on an estimate of 500 CHF).
LOW COUNTRIES, Oudenaarde (Audenarde). Blockaded by the Spanish under Alessandro Farnese, Duca di Parma, 1582. Tin 5 Stuiver Klippe (24x25mm, 6.15 g). Siege issue. Dated 1582. · SPES · NRA · DEVS ·, civic coat-of-arms; 5 · S · (mark of value) above, 15 82 below; all within linear and pearl border; above, crowned spectacles with Λ / Blank. van Loon –; Ophthalmologia XI.2 (this coin illustrated); Vanhoudt I 266; Gelder, Noodmunten, 177; Maillet 4; Lasser 1166; CNM –; Korchnak 477. Toned, slight roughness. Good VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.57.5898 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 588 (part of).
LOW COUNTRIES, Oudenaarde (Audenarde). Blockaded by the Spanish under Alessandro Farnese, Duca di Parma, 1582. Tin 5 Stuiver Klippe (23x24mm, 4.29 g). Siege issue. Dated 1582. · SPES · NRA · DEVS ·, civic coat-of-arms; 5 · S · (mark of value) above, 15 82 below; all within linear and pearl border; above, crowned spectacles with Λ / Blank. van Loon –; Vanhoudt I 267; Gelder, Noodmunten, 178; Maillet 4; Lasser 1166; CNM –; Korchnak 477. Toned, slight roughness. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, 2013. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.18681 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 588 (part of).
LOW COUNTRIES, Oudenaarde (Audenarde). Blockaded by the Spanish under Alessandro Farnese, Duca di Parma, 1582. Tin 5 Stuiver Klippe (25x24mm, 5.90 g). Siege issue. Dated 1582. · SPES · NRA · DEVS ·, civic coat-of-arms; 5 · S · (mark of value) above, 15 82 below; all within linear and pearl border; above, crowned spectacles with Λ / Blank. van Loon –; Vanhoudt I 267; Gelder, Noodmunten, 178; Maillet 4; Lasser 1166; CNM –; Korchnak 477. Toned, cleaning scratches. Good VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler, 2013. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.57.SP1 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 588 (part of).
LOW COUNTRIES, Oudenaarde (Audenarde). Blockaded by the Spanish under Alessandro Farnese, Duca di Parma, 1582. Tin 2½ Stuiver – 5 Escalins Klippe (22x22mm, 5.31 g). Siege issue. Dated 1582. crowned spectacles with Λ; 5 and denominational symbol across field; 15 82 below; all within linear and pearl border; Λ above / Blank. van Loon –; Ophthalmologia XI.3 (this coin illustrated); Vanhoudt I 267; Gelder, Noodmunten, 178; Maillet 5; Lasser 1167; CNM –; Korchnak 478. Toned, deposit, slightly rough surfaces. Good VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.18683 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 587 (part of).
LOW COUNTRIES, Oudenaarde (Audenarde). Blockaded by the Spanish under Alessandro Farnese, Duca di Parma, 1582. Tin 2½ Stuiver – 5 Escalins Klippe (22x22mm, 3.60 g). Siege issue. Dated 1582. · SPES · NRA · DEVS ·, crowned spectacles with Λ; 5 and denominational symbol across field; 15 82 below; all within linear and pearl border; Λ above / Blank. van Loon –; Vanhoudt I 267; Gelder, Noodmunten, 178; Maillet 5; Lasser 1167; CNM –; Korchnak 478. Toned, slight roughness. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.18682 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 587 (part of).
LOW COUNTRIES, Oudenaarde (Audenarde). Blockaded by the Spanish under Alessandro Farnese, Duca di Parma, 1582. Tin 2½ Stuiver – 5 Escalins Klippe (22x22.5mm, 4.27 g). Siege issue. Dated 1582. · SPES · NRA · DEVS ·, crowned spectacles with Λ; 5 and denominational symbol across field; 15 82 below; all within linear and pearl border; Λ to left / Blank. van Loon –;Vanhoudt I 267; Gelder, Noodmunten, 178; Maillet 5; Lasser 1167; CNM –; Korchnak 478. Toned, deposits, scratch. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.18682 (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 587 (part of).
LOW COUNTRIES, Oudenaarde (Audenarde). Blockaded by the Spanish under Alessandro Farnese, Duca di Parma, 1582. Tin 1 Stuiver Klippe (14x15mm, 3.03 g). Siege issue. Undated, but struck 1582. Civic coat-of-arms; ⍒ above / Blank. van Loon –; Vanhoudt I 269; Gelder, Noodmunten, 180; Maillet 7; Lasser –; CNM –; Korchnak 479a. Toned. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Hess-Divo 268 (23 October 1996), lot 597.
LOW COUNTRIES, Vlaanderen (Flanders [duchy]). Lodewijk II van Male. 1346-1384. AV Gehelmde gouden leeuw – Lion heaumé d'or (33mm, 5.34 g, 8h). Gand (Gent) mint. Struck 1365-1367 and 1370. LV DOVICS : DЄI · GRΛ COm'· DnS : FLΛNDR Є (annulet and double annulet stops), helmeted lion standing left before spired Gothic throne; FLΛnDRЄS below / + BЄИЄDICTVS : QVI : VЄИIT : IИ : ИOmIИЄ : DOmIИЄ, voided composite cross fleurée with D at center; F L A N in quarters. Elsen 28; Delmonte, Or 460; De Mey, Flanders 196; Friedberg 157. In NGC encapsulation 6489299-011, graded MS 61.
LOW COUNTRIES, Vlaanderen (Flanders [duchy]). Lodewijk II van Male. 1346-1384. AV Gouden schild – Chaise d'or (30mm, 4.48 g, 7h). Gand (Ghent) mint or Mechelen (Malines) mint. Struck 1370/2-1384. + LVDOVICVS : DЄI · · GRA · COm'· (retrograde 7): DnS : FLAnD' (saltire and double saltire stops), Lodewijk enthroned facing, holding sword and resting hand on coat-of-arms; all within tressure of eight arcs, with trefoils in spandrels / + XPC : VIИCIT : XPC : RЄGИAT : XPC : IИPЄRAT (double annulet stops), ornate cross fleurée in ornate quadrilobe; rosettes in spandrels. Elsen 38; Delmonte, Or 466; De Mey, Flanders 205; Friedberg 163. In NGC encapsulation 4824346-007, graded MS 63+.
LOW COUNTRIES, Vlaanderen (Flanders [duchy]). Lodewijk II van Male. 1346-1384. AV Gouden schild – Chaise d'or (30mm, 4.38 g, 2h). Gand (Ghent) mint or Mechelen (Malines) mint. Struck 1370/2-1384. + LVDOVICVS : DЄI · · GRA · COm'· (retrograde 7): DnS : FLAnD' (saltire and double saltire stops), Lodewijk enthroned facing, holding sword and resting hand on coat-of-arms; all within tressure of eight arcs, with trefoils in spandrels / + XPC : VIИCIT : XPC : RЄGИAT : XPC : IИPЄRAT (double annulet stops), ornate cross fleurée in ornate quadrilobe; rosettes in spandrels. Elsen 38; Delmonte, Or 466; De Mey, Flanders 205; Friedberg 163. A few hairlines. EF.
LOW COUNTRIES, Spanish Netherlands. Filips IV. 1621-1665. AV Dubbele gouden souverein – Double souverain d'or (35mm, 11.07 g, 10h). Type I. Antwerpen (Antwerp) mint; mm: hand. Dated 1636. Crowned and armored bust right, wearing ruff / Crowned and collared coat-of-arms. G&H 324-1a; Vanhoudt I 435; Delmonte, Or 167; KM 64.2; Friedberg 103. In NGC encapsulation 6489889-014, graded AU 55.
LOW COUNTRIES, Spanish Netherlands. Filips IV. 1621-1665. AV Dubbele gouden souverein – Double souverain d'or (33mm, 11.02 g, 2h). Type II. Bruxelles (Brussels) mint; mm: angel's head. Dated 1641. Crowned and armored bust right / Crowned and collared coat-of-arms. G&H 324-3b; Vanhoudt I 436; Delmonte, Or 177; KM 74.2; Friedberg 106. In NGC encapsulation 6489889-015, graded MS 61.
LOW COUNTRIES, Spanish Netherlands. Filips IV. 1621-1665. AV Soeveren – Souverain (28mm, 5.56 g, 5h). Antwerpen (Antwerp) mint; mm: hand. Dated 1662. Crowned lion standing left, resting left paw on glove and holding raised sword / Crowned and collared coat-of-arms. G&H 325-1; Vanhoudt I 437; Delmonte, Or 170; KM 77.1; Friedberg 107. In NGC encapsulation 4824363-001, graded MS 61.
LOW COUNTRIES, Republic of the Seven Netherlands (Dutch Republic). Utrecht. 1581-1795. AV Ducat (22mm, 3.52 g, 12h). Utrecht mint; mm: coat-of-arms and rose. Dated 1729. Knight standing facing, holding sword and bundle of arrows; rosette between legs / Legend in five lines within ornate tablet. P&W Ze Ut 25; CNM 2.43.45; KM 7.1; Friedberg 284. Lustrous. EF. From the S & S Collection. Ex 1735 Vliegenthart Wreck.
LOW COUNTRIES, Republic of the Seven Netherlands (Dutch Republic). Utrecht. 1581-1795. AV Ducat (22mm, 3.49 g, 5h). Utrecht mint; mm: coat-of-arms and rose. Dated 1729. Knight standing facing, holding sword and bundle of arrows; rosette between legs / Legend in five lines within ornate tablet. P&W Ze Ut 25; CNM 2.43.45; KM 7.1; Friedberg 284. Lustrous. EF. From the S & S Collection. Ex 1735 Vliegenthart Wreck.