SINCONA Auction 96
SINCONA British Collection - Part 6
(British Gold and Silver Medals)
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Description
James I. 1603-1625. Silver Medal 1609, 45.71 g. Alliance between England, France and the United Provinces. Unsigned. Celestial clouds, radiate above three conjoined hearts. IVNCTA . CORDA . FIDELIVM . Rv. Belgic lion, above crowned rose and fleur-de-lys. CONTRA . VIM . TIRANNORVM . 1609. Plain edge. 51.9 mm. Eimer 88. MI i 198/25. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1609-12. Gutes sehr schön / Good Very Fine. Rand etwas bearbeitet und leicht gereinigt / Edge slightly tooled and slightly cleaned.
Purchased from Münzen- & Medaillenhandlung, Stuttgart, April 2000, lot 1207.
The alliance between England, France, and the United Provinces (Dutch Republic) in 1609 was part of the broader diplomatic and military context of the early 17th century, particularly related to the Twelve Years' Truce (1609 - 1621) in the Eighty Years' War (1568 - 1648). This truce temporarily halted hostilities between Spain and the Dutch Republic, but the alliance of England, France, and the United Provinces was aimed at countering Spanish Habsburg power in Europe.