Lot 1730
1730
Centenary of the Dutch East India Company, 1702, silver medal, by Arondeaux, crowned female figure in classical attire, representing the Company, sits on a throne inscribed with a C, holding a sword with a laurel wreath in her right hand, the Company Charter in left, right foot resting on a tortoise with a cornucopia and a view of the sea behind, to the right another cornucopia and a parrot, above the arms of the United Netherlands, above left, IN ALTERA SAEOULO PEEGO, in exergue, MDCCII, rev. a Greek galleon passes the Pillars of Hercules, making for the East, represented by a rising sun, six soldiers hold the coats of arms of the six Chambers of the Dutch East India Company, the pennon bearing the monogram V.O.C., a shield with clasped hands symbolises the collaboration of the Chambers, Neptune is next to the steersman and points East, above left, INVIA NULLA VIA in exurge, FAVENTE DEO, 65mm. (Forrer I, 79-80), good very fine, rare
Centenary of the Dutch East India Company, 1702, silver medal, by Arondeaux, crowned female figure in classical attire, representing the Company, sits on a throne inscribed with a C, holding a sword with a laurel wreath in her right hand, the Company Charter in left, right foot resting on a tortoise with a cornucopia and a view of the sea behind, to the right another cornucopia and a parrot, above the arms of the United Netherlands, above left, IN ALTERA SAEOULO PEEGO, in exergue, MDCCII, rev. a Greek galleon passes the Pillars of Hercules, making for the East, represented by a rising sun, six soldiers hold the coats of arms of the six Chambers of the Dutch East India Company, the pennon bearing the monogram V.O.C., a shield with clasped hands symbolises the collaboration of the Chambers, Neptune is next to the steersman and points East, above left, INVIA NULLA VIA in exurge, FAVENTE DEO, 65mm. (Forrer I, 79-80), good very fine, rare

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Centenary of the Dutch East India Company, 1702, silver medal, by Arondeaux, crowned female figure in classical attire, representing the Company, sits on a throne inscribed with a C, holding a sword with a laurel wreath in her right hand, the Company Charter in left, right foot resting on a tortoise with a cornucopia and a view of the sea behind, to the right another cornucopia and a parrot, above the arms of the United Netherlands, above left, IN ALTERA SAEOULO PEEGO, in exergue, MDCCII, rev. a Greek galleon passes the Pillars of Hercules, making for the East, represented by a rising sun, six soldiers hold the coats of arms of the six Chambers of the Dutch East India Company, the pennon bearing the monogram V.O.C., a shield with clasped hands symbolises the collaboration of the Chambers, Neptune is next to the steersman and points East, above left, INVIA NULLA VIA in exurge, FAVENTE DEO, 65mm. (Forrer I, 79-80), good very fine, rare

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