BRITISH COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. The Peace of Nimeguen, Silver Medal, 1678, by J van Dishoecke, the figure of the Netherlands as Liberty, seated between Pax and Prudence, a lion at her feet, LIBERTAS PACIS SOB – OLES PRVDENTIÆ ALVMNA, rev crowned shields of France and The Netherlands, suspended over a cityscape, OCCIDIT AD – RHENVM – NASCITVR – AD VAHALIM, 66mm (MI -; vL III 248/233.1; Pax 202).Virtually as struck, choice extremely fine and extremely rare.
The Peace of Nimeguen between France and the Netherlands, but also involving Austria, Spain, Denmark, Sweden and Brandenburg, was negotiated by England.
Estimate: £2500-3000