[Coins] Leicesterreaal, 1586

Silver, Ø 4.3 cm, weight ca. 34 gr. Recto w. central portrait of Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester surrounded by the text "Concordia Res Parvae Crescunt Hol.", verso w. coats of arms of the 6 provinces of the young Dutch Republic (Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Friesland, Gelderland and Vlaanderen), surrounded by the text "Mo. Ordin. Provin. Foeder. Belgiae 1586". Very rare, hardly ever offered for sale.

See the online article "Collectie online: de Leicesterreaal van 1586", of the Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen, extensively on the Zeeland version of this coin (with the abbreviation "Zel." instead of "Hol." as in our version).