Netherlands, Dordrecht Jeton 1576 The Pacification of Ghent, with Gideon and the fleece ZF

Netherlands, Dordrecht, 1585 — Jeton on the surrender of Antwerp and Nijmegen and Elizabeth I’s support for the Netherlands

Obverse

Two men in contemporary dress, wearing tall hats and ruffs, stand beside a manger from which a horse and donkey feed. One man raises a handful towards his mouth. The men are traditionally identified as Spaniards.

Legend: SPRETA · AMBROSIA · VESCITOR · FENO · 1585.

Reverse

Elizabeth I, crowned and seated facing right, holds a flowering rose branch towards two kneeling representatives of the Netherlands. Additional roses lie between the figures. A rose separates the beginning and end of the legend.

Legend: MACTE · ANIMI · ROSA · NECTARE · IMBVTA.

Specifications
- Weight: 5.39 g.
- Diameter: 28.3 mm.
- Date: 1585.
- References: Dugniolle, Le jeton historique des dix-sept provinces des Pays-Bas, III, 3044; Van Loon, Beschryving der Nederlandsche historipenningen, I, p. 362; Tas, Rekenpenningen, 221; Medallic Illustrations, I, p. 133, 86; Eimer, British Commemorative Medals and Their Values, 51; Van Loon/Saunders–Vanhoudt, Medallic History of the Low Countries, I, 1585.11.

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