Coins, Historical Medals and Numismatic Books

Netherlands, A Netherlands Rider and a Spanish Netherlands Half-Ducaton, types and dates uncertain, fused together with a cannonball and other material [Lot]. Coins only partly visible, fair and fine, an interesting object £50-£70

Provenance: From the wreck of the Meresteijn.

The Dutch East Indiaman Meresteijn sank after striking rocks in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, in April 1702