1/2 Real '1/2 Leicester real'

This piece dates to the tumultuous governorship of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who arrived in the Netherlands in late 1585 as Elizabeth I's appointed governor-general following the Treaty of Nonsuch. Zeeland, like several provinces, struck coinage under his authority — hence the collector designation "Leicester real." His tenure collapsed within two years amid friction with the States-General over his unilateral acceptance of sovereignty, and he departed in 1587, making the window for this issue exceptionally narrow.

The HPM and Delmonte references both treat Zeeland's Leicester-period coinage as scarce, the provincial output being limited by both time and political instability.