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Cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse of a counter. Obverse: View of Sluys, the crowned shield of Utrecht below. Legend: 'ORD . TRA', 'IEHOVA . PRIVS . DEDERAT.' Reverse: Plan of Ostend. Legend: 'PLVS . QVAM . PERDIDIMVS.' The capture of Sluys in 1604 was seen by the United Provinces as compensating for the loss of Ostend later the same year.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC1247 |
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| Type: | Cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Places: | Utrecht |
| Events: | Eighty Years' War: Siege of Ostend, 1601; Eighty Years' War: Siege of Sluys, 1604 |
| Date made: | 1604 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 7 mm x 30 mm |