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Lot 128. Audenarde, 5 Sols 1582

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Audenarde, 5 Sols 1582

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Bidding closed (Sunday, April 20th, 20:04:00 CEST)
Current time: Tuesday, June 17th, 15:53:44 CEST

Price realised: CHF 440.00 (2 bids)
Approx. EUR 468.48 / USD 541.47 / GBP 399.18

High bidder: Bidder 2

eAuction #25, Lot 128. Estimate: CHF 500.00

Audenarde, Belgium. Tin 5 Sols 1582 (20 x 21 mm, 3.50 g), struck during the siege of the City by the Spanish Army.
B.-M. pl. 15, 4.

Rare. Good very fine.

After the fall of Tournai on November 30, 1581, the Spanish Army started the siege of the City of Audenarde (Oudenaarde) in April of the following year. On the 30th of May, the City officials decided to strike emergency siege currency, but the city surrendered in early July.



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