European Medals from 1513 to 1788
Netherlands, The Dutch Republic. Rotterdam . Medal (Silver, 49mm, 35.89 g 12), on the Treaty of Fountainbleau of 1785, between the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, regulating the passage of the Scheldt, by J. J. Baerll Adriaanszoon, 1786. HOC DEFENSORE BEATA (= Blessed with this defender ) On the right, the Dutch Maiden seated, deep in thought; attacked, from the left, by the Anglo-Hanoverian unicorn and the Imperial eagle, but protected from them by a shield, with the arms of France, held by a hand extended from the clouds; in the exergue, I.V. BAERLL.AD.Z. FECIT. Rev. GAUDETE BATAVI. (= let the Bata­vians rejoice ) Mercury to left, nailing the shields of France and the Dutch Republic on a stele; in exergue, HOC.MONUM.DUPL. FELIC. / D.D.GRATI CIVES / ROTTERODAMENSES. 24 APRL. / 786. PiN 658. TMNK 02330. Van Loon Suppl. 642. Attractive and nicely toned. Extremely fine.