Frisia 1620

[mrbrklyn]

[THCoins]

This duit from Friesland has seen better days !
On the reverse you still can see the shield of armour with the remnants of two fierce lions facing left.
Also fragments of the text which reads: NISI  DNS NOBISCV, (short for Nisi Dominus Nobiscum, which means: Unless The Lord is with us..).

[mrbrklyn]

This duit from Friesland has seen better days !

That is part of the charm.

On the reverse you still can see the shield of armour with the remnants of two fierce lions facing left.
Also fragments of the text which reads: NISI  DNS NOBISCV, (short for Nisi Dominus Nobiscum, which means: Unless The Lord is with us..).

in 1620 the iconoclast riots were stil a fresh memory.

[Figleaf]

in 1620 the iconoclast riots were stil a fresh memory.

Not really. It has more to do with a very serious, murderous, religious war pitting Friesland against Groningen and being taken for a ride 40 years before (read more here).

Peter