1076003 | NETHERLANDS. The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. 1609 AE Jeton. PCGS MS63BN (Brown). Dordrecht. 30mm. 6.06gm. QVIESCO CIC IC CIX S C . A soldier at rest with his armor taken off and laying around him / PLVS VIGILA. Allegorical figure of Mercury awakens a sleeping man at a table. Dugniolle 3651; van Loon II-56; Pax in Nummis 67; Feu 13905.

On the Twelve Years' Truce and the call to vigilance.


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The Twelve Years' Truce was a ceasefire during the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic, agreed in Antwerp on 9 April 1609 and ended on 9 April 1621.

In the Republic, towns such as Amsterdam and Delft feared that a truce would diminish their trade. The States of Zeeland resented the loss of income from privateering and insisted on maintaining the blockade of the Scheldt. Philip III had his own reasons to refuse. It took several missions from the Archducal Court before he was prepared to ratify the treaty on 7 July 1609. [Wikipedia].