Northern Netherlands - Province of Groningen - Republic 12½ Stuiver - silver - Groningen - 1672 Struck to commemorate the siege of Groningen in 1672 by the bishops Maximilian Hendrik of Cologne and Christoph Bernhard of Münster. Obv.: Quartered and crowned coat of arms dividing value 12½ - ST ; small crown ; legend around: ·IVRE· - ·ET·TEMPORE· - ·1672· Rev.: blank Edge: plain Technique: hammered Weight: 7,19 g Dimensions: 24,3cm x 24,1cm Condition: AEF Catalogue references: CNM 2.20.4; Delmonte (Silver) 738 ; Maill. 45.13 ; vL. III 96.3 ; KM# 25 Historic context: The Siege of Groningen was a battle that took place in 1672 during the Franco-Dutch war. It was a Dutch victory that ended all hope of the Bishop of Münster to push deeper into the Netherlands. The Münster army was so weakened by the defeat that the Dutch army successfully reconquered much of the land that Münster had conquered just weeks earlier. (N458A)