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January 2018 NYINC Auction  11-13 Jan 2018
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Lot 21308

Starting price: 600 USD
Price realized: 1200 USD
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POLAND. Danzig. Peace of Westphalia Silver Medal, ND (1644). PCGS Genuine--Filed Rims, SP Secure Holder.
60.6 mm; 66.81 gms. P-315; Pax-102; Maue-54. The war goddess Bellona fights with Pax, the goddess of peace, for peace on earth. A hand, at left, holds the globe. At the right a shield and lance lean against an olive tree. Inscription AMBIGUO PAX ET BELLUM LUCTAMINE CERTANT. PAX EUROPA VOVET. LAETA TROPHAEA FERAT! around. Reverse: Pax, the goddess of peace stands triumphant on fallen Mars, the god of war. In the left distance stands Themis, the goddess of divine order, with sword and scales in hand. In the right distance stands Abundantia, with her cornucopia and an olive branch. Legends LAETA TROPHAEA TULITVICTO PAX OPTIMA BELLO. NUNC THEMIS IN TERRAM ET COPIA PULSARE .DIT surrounds. By Sebastian Dadler, signed with a simple script D below Bellona and Pax. Undated version. This medal sometimes occurs dated 1644 near the sculptor's signature, and also with the earlier date removed and 1648 stamped in its place as the treaty took several years to complete. Handsomely toned with the usual hairlines and amazing relief. We don't see the rim filing mentioned on the label but it may be obscured by the insert. PCGS SP Genuine--Filed Rims, Secure Holder.

Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00
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