Watch List notes:

LOW COUNTRIES, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). AR Medal (24mm, 8.35 g, 12h). Appointment as Ambassador to England and Burgemeester of Amsterdam. Dated 1695 (in Roman numerals). (star) N · WITSEN · CONS · AMST · AD · REGEM · ANGLIÆ · LEGATVS · MDCXCV, bust of Nicolaes Witsen right / LABOR OMNIA VINCIT (hard work overcomes everything), battering ram with ram's head right; to right, crenelated wall with destroyed section. Van Loon –; MI 147/408; Eimer –. EF, toned.


Ex Künker 242 (20 November 2013), lot 3167.