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Ref: 7459 |
Netherlands
/ England, Sir Philip Sidney, Elizabethan Poet and Soldier, 400th
Anniversary of Death 1986, bronze medal by Christian Nijland, rare
Obv: bust almost facing, bird with serpent to lower left,
dates 1554-1586 Rev: a helmeted knight with boar on helm, THY NECESSITY IS
YET GREATER THAN MINE, ZUT/PHEN across Condition: Good very fine, artificial green tone; Diameter: 65mm Reference: - Notes: In his 31 years of life, Sidney certainly made the most
of it. Zutphen refers to the Battle of Zutphen (1586) where he was fatally
wounded fighting for the Protestant cause against the Spanish. Price £65 |
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