Dutch Republic Gilt Silver Medal 1662 Commemorating the Treaties with France and Great Britain - After Pool EF

Dutch Republic. Gilt Silver Medal Commemorating the Treaties with France and Great Britain, dated “1662”. After Juriaan Pool the Elder.

Gilt silver historical medal commemorating the Dutch Republic’s treaties with France and Great Britain in 1662. Copy variant after the original design by Juriaan Pool the Elder, with engraved inscriptions.

Obverse: Pax, the personification of Peace, holding an olive branch and cornucopia above three crowned shields representing the Dutch Republic, France and Great Britain. Flags, cannon and other military equipment surround the shields; the helmeted war god Mars reclines below. The composition celebrates peace overcoming war and bringing prosperity.

Legend: DEVS NOBIS HÆC OTIA FECIT — “God has granted us this peace.”

Reverse: Engraved Dutch verse in four lines, with the Roman date below:

De Vree met een olyvenbant
Verbint het vrye Nederlant
Aen groot Britanje ent Franscheryck
Zoo bloeyt de Staet der Vromenwyck

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Freely translated: “Peace, with an olive bond, unites the free Netherlands with Great Britain and France; thus flourishes the state, a refuge of the virtuous.”

Numismatic note: This is the copy variant recorded under Van Loon II, 497.1, after Pool’s original signed striking. The date “1662” refers to the commemorated events; the precise manufacturing date of this specimen has not been established.

Museum comparison: A closely comparable silver copy after Juriaan Pool is preserved in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inventory no. NG-VG-1-954, measuring 53 mm and weighing 26.79 g. The museum records striking and engraving as its techniques; its description does not specify gilding.

Rijksmuseum collection record:
https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20040688

Metal: Gilt silver
Diameter: 54 mm
Weight: 27.1 g
Thickness: Approximately 2.3 mm
Reference: Van Loon II, 497.1.
Museum parallel: Rijksmuseum NG-VG-1-954.

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