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BY PIETER VAN ABEELE, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1652
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A Dutch silver medal
By Pieter van Abeele, Amsterdam, circa 1652
Commemorating the completion of the Exchange in Amsterdam, one side with a lady personifying Amsterdam flanked by Vertu and Mercurius, all of them sitting on a bridge with merchandise beneath, inscribed D'eerwaarde Deugt Haar Rechterarm Beschut. De Coopmanschap Haar Slinker Onderstut, the other side with a view from the Y with an angel above and a rivergod in the front, inscribed Vier Burgemeesters Eel en Vroom Van Stam. Regeer Dent Volck En Scheeprijk Amsterdam
7.5cm. (3in.) diam.
marked on one side
90gr.
By Pieter van Abeele, Amsterdam, circa 1652
Commemorating the completion of the Exchange in Amsterdam, one side with a lady personifying Amsterdam flanked by Vertu and Mercurius, all of them sitting on a bridge with merchandise beneath, inscribed D'eerwaarde Deugt Haar Rechterarm Beschut. De Coopmanschap Haar Slinker Onderstut, the other side with a view from the Y with an angel above and a rivergod in the front, inscribed Vier Burgemeesters Eel en Vroom Van Stam. Regeer Dent Volck En Scheeprijk Amsterdam
7.5cm. (3in.) diam.
marked on one side
90gr.