MODERN COINS
A SPECIAL COLLECTION OF DUTCH AND DUTCH RELATED MEDALS
The Dutch Republic. Medal (Silver, 60mm, 73.73 g 12), on the Peace of Rijswijk, by J. Boskam, 1697. HINC PAX, VNDE ÆQVITAS (=hence peace, whence justice) Crowned Dutch lion rampant to right, holding olive branch in one paw, sword and balance in the other; to right, globe marked EVROPA; in exergue, ANGLORVM GLORIA / REGE / WILHELMO III / M.DC.XCVIII. / I.B.F (=the glory of England under King William III, 1697 / Jan Boskam fecit) Rev. PAX HVIC DOMVI (=Peace to this house) The Palace of Rijswijk; in exergue, PAX GENER.IN ARCE RYSWYK / DOMO PRINCIP.ARAVS./ MAG.BRIT.REGIS / M.DC.XCVII (=the general peace in the Palace of Rijswijk, home of the Prince of Orange, King of Great Britain, 1697) at the bottom, I.BOSKAM.F.. MI, II, p. 167, 449. PiN 366. Van Loon IV, pp. 264-265. xvi. Rare. Toned and most attractive. Some minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine.
From the collection of J.W. Adams, Künker 232, 17 June 2013, 326.