The New York Sale 2026 Ancient & World

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1611 Tournai, under France. Siege of Tournai, 1709. War of the Spanish Succession. Silver 20 Stuivers. 6.92 g. Uniface. Laureate bust left, tower below, numeral value above; M DE SVRVILLE. (Korchnak 593; Mailliet pl. CXII, 14-16; Brause-Mansfeld Tf. 13.5-7; Vanhoudt 751; KM 8. Old cabinet tone. Very Fine. In the first significant engagement of the 1709 campaign, an Allies’ army of 100,000 under the Duke of Marlborough began a siege of the well-fortified city of Tournai on June 27. Hugely outnumbered and beset by tunnel mining and bombardment, the Marquis de Surville and his 4000 troops held out longer than expected, finally surrendering on July 28.

$300

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