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An image showing 'Counter commemorating the siege of Ostend, 1604 and the capture of other cities; reverse'
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Counter commemorating the siege of Ostend, 1604 and the capture of other cities

Counter commemorating the siege of Ostend, 1604, and the capture of other cities. Obverse: Plan of Ostend. Legend: 'PLVS . TRIENNIO . OBSESSA . HOSTI . RVDERA.' Reverse: Plans of Aerde, Rhinberck, Sluys, Isendick, Graef (Grave) and Casant. Legend: 'PATRIAE . QVATUOR . EX . ME . VRBES . DEDI . 1604' (Having been besieged more than three years I have given ruins to the enemy and to my country four cities).
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Object Details

ID: MEC0077
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Counter
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Eighty Years' War: Siege of Ostend, 1601
Date made: 1604
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 30 mm