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Auction: 25055 - British Medals and World Coins featuring The Hurter-Amman Collection of Ancient and European Gold
Lot: 813

NGC MS63 | Netherlands, Peace of Breda, AR Medal, 1667, by C. Adolfzoon, MITIS ET FORTIS, Hollandia, holding sceptre, spear and fasces, stands by lion and lamb, tramples upon Discord, in the distance a view of Breda and burning ships at sea, PROCUL • HINC • MAIA • BESTIA • IUN : REGNIS! 22• 1667, in exergue in three lines, rev. Peace holding a sword with olive wreath, a cornucopia and a caduceus, tramples upon arms. Hand from heaven sustains a garland of fruit and flowers, and the united shields of Great Britain and Holland. Merchant vessels at sea beyond, IRATO BELLUM PLACATO NUMINE PAX EST. on banner, REDIIT • CONCORDIA • MATER • IUI • 31 • BRE DAE • AO 1667 •, in exergue in two lines, NUMISA • POSTERITATI • SACRUM • BELGA • BRITANNOQUE • RECONCILIATIS • CUM • PRIVIL : ORDIN : HOLLAND : ET • WEST :, on edge, 72mm, 121.27g [1871.48grns] (MI i, 528/176; van Loon 534), edge bruise to reverse at 7 o'clock and a hairline die-flaw to obverse exergue, otherwise with a handsome cabinet tone to near brilliant fields, a charming medallic design of the highest detail in both low and high relief, good extremely fine and ever sought after, in NGC holder, graded MS63 (Cert. #8222378-019)

Provenance

The Craven Collection of British Historical Medals



'This medal was struck in Holland. England and Holland both tired of war, concluded a peace at Breda, 31 July 1667. The device of the medal presents the usual allusions. Peace tramples upon arms; Holland tramples upon Discord; but with these there was more serious matter. The burning ships at Chatham, 13 June, 1667. The allusion to this attack upon a medal, struck by authority of the States upon the establishment of peace, as well as the motto 'MALA BESTIA', which was applied by the evil-disposed to Charles himself, have great offence. Official remonstrances were made to the Dutch government, a formal apology offered, the insult was disclaimed, and the dies were destroyed. The wound, however, rankled, and the medal was one of the stated grounds of offence in the declaration of war in 1672. Brandt, in his life of Michael de Ruyter, states that 1,000 ducatons were paid to the artist on the dies being destroyed.' (MI I, p.529)



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Estimate
£1,000 to £2,000

Starting price
£700