Watch List notes:

LOW COUNTRIES, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). 1581-1795. AR Medal (61mm, 86.4 g, 12h). 200th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. By M. Holtzhey. Dually-dated 1530 and 1730 in Roman numerals. MARTINVS LVTHERVS · D :, draped bust of Martin Luther right; in three lines in cartouche below, CONFESSORES AC DEFENSORES CAROL/V CÆSARI IN COMITIIS AVGVSTANIS/D : XXV · IVN : MDXXX · VERITAT : PROFITENT; around, seven coats-of-arms of the Protestant states chained together / VERITATI TRIVMPHIS (a celebration for the truth), Religion seated facing before palm tree, with foot on papal implements and head upturned left at Truth who points toward shining Cathedral in the heavens; to right, Saturn carves another century into pyramidal monument; in three lines in exergue, NVMMVS MNEMONICVS SECVNDI/IVBILÆI POST EDITAM AVG : VIND FIDEI :/CONF : AMSTELOD : MDCCXXX · D : XXV · IUN : EXC. Whiting 354. EF, attractively toned.


Ex Baldwin's 46 (4 May 2006), lot 2278.