Van Loon I-270 variety, struck in Silver.

Struck as a stark warning to pro-peace activists after Dutch Nobles Egmont and Horn, who were loyal to Spanish King Philip II, were put to death by him based on their protests of the inquisition led by Cardinal Granvelle.

With armored horseman attacking each other surrounded by the legend PRÆSTAT*PVGNARE*PRO*PATRIA* (IT IS BETTER TO FIGHT FOR THE FATHERLAND) on one side, and the gruesome bodies of Counts Egmont and Horn with their heads impaled on posts surrounded by *QVAM*SIMVLATA*PACE*DECIPI* (THAN TO BE FOOLED BY A FALSE PEACE).

The piece itself is a lovely Choice Unc. with old toning on the obverse and reverse.

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