Southern Netherlands BRABANT - Piedfort daldre commémoratif 1584,

Southern Netherlands
BRABANT - Piedfort daldre commémoratif 1584, Silver, LES ETATS DE BRABANT INDEPENDANTS 1584–1585 Anvers. Lion assis sous un dais gothiquex ANTIQVA x VIRTVTE x ET x FIDE main x. R/. écu de Brabant couronnée; dans le champ · INTERREGNI· – ·SYMBOLVM, dans le legend x MONETA x DVCATVS x BRABANTIÆ x.Delm. 228 (cet exemplaire); de W. 797; Vanhoudt 438AN.This piece represents one of the earliest commemorative coin struck in the low countries. Brabant joined Flanders and the northern Dutch provinces in revolting against the Spanish crown due to crushing taxes and a lack of religious freedom. At first a new sovereign was sought to replace the Spanish king, yet in 1584 they eventually declared their own independence. To commemorate the event, a series of unique coins were struck at the mint of Antwerpen. Curiously, these carried motives borrowed from the coinage struck under the Burgundian duke Philip the Good some hundred years earlier, a period of great independence and prosperity for the cities of Brabant. This strange anachronistic use of design sent a clear message to the Spanish crown; Brabant is now independent and will flourish once again. While the gold commemorative Lion d'or is only scarce, just 6-7 examples of the piedfort daldre have survived.
Provient de la vente Jean Elsen 89 de 9 sept. 2006, no. 4 (coll. J. R. Lasser) -> provient de la liste Jean Elsen 116, mai 1989, no. 232 -> provient de la vente Sotheby's Amsterdam de 17 mai 1984, no. 524 (coll. Virgil Brand).38.21 g. RRRR. De la plus grande rareté Patine fonce. Superbe Prachtig