NETHERLANDS. HAARLEM.
Silver Medal, 1573.
Unsigned struck medal on the siege by Spanish troops.
The siege of Haarlem (December 1572 - July 1573) was a major event in the Eighty Years' War, where Spanish forces under Philip II besieged the Dutch city until its surrender, resulting in the massacre of its garrison after starvation forced capitulation.
Obv.: GEBLEKE DVCDALES GELOFTEN IS AN MYN; small shield of arms, ANNO 1573 to either side, 1572 in tablet below.
Rev.: DOEN HÆRLEM BELEGERT WAS DOOR DVCDALVENS / TIRANIE WAS DEN SOLDATE GEGEVEN / TOT SOLDIE D 13 IVLI Aᵒ 73, in three concentric lines around rosette.
Very fine.

Künker Auction 116 (2006), lot 4238.

Reference: vL I, 164; Brause-Mansfeld pl 21, 58; Maillet pl L, 68
Rarity: Very rare.
Diameter: 30.2 mm.
Weight: 13.14 g.
Composition: Silver.

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