Current Price: 95,00 USD
Location: United States
Type: Fixed Price
Description: TUDOR. temp. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. CU Jeton (30mm, 6.31 g, 3h). Alliance of England, France, and the United Provinces. Of uncertain Dutch manufacture. Dated 1596. · FIDE · ET · CONSTANTIA · (through faith and constancy), Faith and Constancy standing facing one another, clasping hands and turning heads upward and appealing to Jehovah, whose name in Hebrew appears above within radiate clouds; column to right / · CÆSA · FIRMABANT · FŒDERA · PORCA · 15 (rosette) 96 (they used to confirm treaties by slaying a sow –adapted from Virgil), hand emanating from clouds prepares to smite boar with stone. MI 161/142; Eimer -; van Loon I, p. 481. EF, rich brown patina, with some red.
