Counter token - The Plundering of Francisco de Mendoza's Forces in Germany
Features
| Location |
Dutch Republic
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Year | 1598 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 5.80 g |
| Diameter | 30 mm |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | 9 o'clock ↑← |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 562336 |
| References | Dugniolle# 3445 Jean François Dugniolle. Le jeton historique des dix-sept provinces des Pays-Bas. Fr. Gobbaerts, Brussels, Belgium (4 volumes). Gerard van Loon, John Saunders (ed.), Hugo Vanhoudt (ed.); 2021. Medallic History of the Low Countries Reprint. Saunders, Los Angeles, California, United States (4 volumes). Michael Mitchiner; 1988. Jetons, Medalets and Tokens / Volume 1. The Medieval Period and Nuremberg. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Three giants (representing Spain, Germany and the Catholic inhabitants of Holland), pointing spears and lances towards the sky, surrounded by the legend.
Lettering: COELVM · STOLIDVS · QVI · TERRITAT · ARMIS,
Translation: A fool, who would frighten heaven with arms
Reverse
The same three giants lying on the ground while fire and lightning are pouring out of a cloud with the tetragrammaton.
Script: Hebrew
Lettering:
ARMIS · RVAT · COELESTIBVS · 1598
יהוה
Translation:
Let him fall by celestial weapons 1598
YHWH
Mint
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1598 | |||||||||||||||
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