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MAKER'S MARK OF JOHANNES LUTMA, AMSTERDAM, 1669
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A Dutch silver medal in a circular silver box
Maker's mark of Johannes Lutma, Amsterdam, 1669
Commemorating the Treaty of Breda, 1667, the box made from a medal by Peter van Abeele from circa 1655, chased with two historical scenes: Count Willem IV granting the city-arms to Amsterdam in 1342 and Emporer Maximiliaan granting the imperial crown to Amsterdam in 1488; the medal with the Batavian Lion at a shore, with war ships in the background inscribed sIC fInes nostros, leges tVtaMVr, et VnDas, the other side inscribed with DEO. AUSPICE. ASSERTIS, NON. MINORE. ANIMO. QUAM. SUCCESSU. AVITIS. PATRIAE. LEGIBUS. ADVERSUS. TRES. POTENTISSIMOS. HISPANIARUM. REGES. COACTIS. DEINDE. SEMEL. ITERUMQ; CONTRA. VICINOS. BRITANNOS. ARMA. SMERE. BATAVIS. POST. PACEM. EGREGIA. VIRTUTE. BELLO. PARTAM. ATQUE. REDUCTA. GENERIS. HUNANI. COMMERCIA. CONSULES. SENATUSQUE. AMSTELODAMENSIS. MONUMENTUM. HOC.
7.5cm.(3in.) diam.
left side of lion
220gr.
Maker's mark of Johannes Lutma, Amsterdam, 1669
Commemorating the Treaty of Breda, 1667, the box made from a medal by Peter van Abeele from circa 1655, chased with two historical scenes: Count Willem IV granting the city-arms to Amsterdam in 1342 and Emporer Maximiliaan granting the imperial crown to Amsterdam in 1488; the medal with the Batavian Lion at a shore, with war ships in the background inscribed sIC fInes nostros, leges tVtaMVr, et VnDas, the other side inscribed with DEO. AUSPICE. ASSERTIS, NON. MINORE. ANIMO. QUAM. SUCCESSU. AVITIS. PATRIAE. LEGIBUS. ADVERSUS. TRES. POTENTISSIMOS. HISPANIARUM. REGES. COACTIS. DEINDE. SEMEL. ITERUMQ; CONTRA. VICINOS. BRITANNOS. ARMA. SMERE. BATAVIS. POST. PACEM. EGREGIA. VIRTUTE. BELLO. PARTAM. ATQUE. REDUCTA. GENERIS. HUNANI. COMMERCIA. CONSULES. SENATUSQUE. AMSTELODAMENSIS. MONUMENTUM. HOC.
7.5cm.(3in.) diam.
left side of lion
220gr.