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Auction: 23126 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 30: English and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 9510

Netherlands, Gouda, Peace of Ryswick, AR Medal, 1697, by Jan Drapentier, PAX ALMA GAVDIVM GOVDÆ, William III as Hercules, stands on the body of the fallen monster Discord, holding club in his right hand and using a torch held in his left to burn arms piled on an altar, the arms of Gouda above, rev. PACI RYSVICIÆ, seated figure holds olive branch and lyre, flanked by Pan and the personification of Gouda holding a cornucopia, Poseidon and Mercury to the right, Pax flys overhead, beyond a view of the Palace of Ryswick, 73mm, 152.02g (Hawkins p. 189, 494; Pax in Nummis 341 var. [in pewter]; van Loon IV, pp. 248-249 [but without the artist’s signature]), regrettably cleaned and with a lightly polished appearance, nevertheless a handsomely struck example in high-relief, the strike extremely fine, otherwise very fine, scarcely seen in commerce thus rare

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