Illness and famine in the Spanish Netherlands as a result of the war blockade, Copper Medal. Obverse: Spaniard, standing between Hunger, depicted as a seated, emaciated woman, and Death, depicted as a skeleton, seated in the middle of a weapon surrounded by a wrap, cut: year. Reverse: stuffed horn of abundance within a wrap, cut off: inscription, Belgium, anonymous, Dordrecht, 1587, copper (metal), striking (metalworking), d 3 cm × w 5.33 gr
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Illness, famine, Spanish Netherlands, result, war blockade, Copper Medal, Obverse, Spaniard, standing, Hunger, depicted, seated, emaciated woman, Death, skeleton, middle, weapon surrounded, wrap, cut, year, Reverse, stuffed horn, abundance within, cut off, inscription, Belgium, Dordrecht, 1587, copper, metal, striking, metalworking
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