Token - Capture of Breda 1590

€99,171.00
LocationDutch Republic
Year1590
TypeUtility items/Counter token
CompositionCopper
Weight5.85 g
Diameter29 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
Technique
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
Edge
Period
Reference(s) Dugn#3255, Van Loon#1590.2
Obverse description5 soldiers disembarking from a ship, a canal barge filled with peat, within the walls of the city.
Obverse letteringPARATI VINCERE AVT MORI 4 NONAR MARTII
(Translation: Prepared to win or die on 4 March)
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionLegend in 7 lines within wreath.
Reverse letteringBREDA A SERVITVTE HISPANA VIN DICATA DVCTV PRINCIPIS MAV RITII A NASS A°.CIɔ.Iɔ.XC
(Translation: Breda freed from Spanish captivity led by Prince Maurice of Nassau in 1590)
Reverse scriptLatin
MintDordrecht, Netherlands (1190-1806)
MintageND (1590)  - -
Catalog ID3893673420
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