Netherlands Silver Medal 1738 Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Peace of Utrecht - By van Swinderen EF

Netherlands. Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Peace of Utrecht, 11 April 1738. Silver medal by Nicolaas van Swinderen.

Obverse: The Dutch Maiden seated before the closed Temple of Janus, holding an open Gospel book and a spear surmounted by a liberty cap and adorned with branches. Beside her sits the crowned Dutch lion holding a bundle of arrows. At the right, Mars, the god of war, is shown in chains. Above, Fame blows two trumpets bearing banners inscribed JUBILATE and XXV.

Legend: V. LUSTR: FOED: BELG: PACE STABIL.
Signed below the scene: N. V. SWINDEREN.
In the exergue: XI. APRIL. / MDCCXXXVIII.

Reverse: Seven crowned coats of arms suspended from interlaced ribbons, representing the Holy Roman Empire, France, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Poland-Saxony.

Legend: ORBIS CHRISTIAN: QUIETE INTER SE COMPOSITA.

Issued to commemorate twenty-five years since the Peace of Utrecht of 1713. The closed doors of the Temple of Janus and the chained figure of Mars symbolise peace and the restraint of warfare, while the Dutch Maiden, Gospel book and lion express the Republic’s religious and political identity.

A corresponding silver example is preserved in the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, inventory number 1112.

References: Vervolg Van Loon 127; Pax in Nummis 514; Medallic Illustrations II, 525/85; Eimer 543.

Silver.
Weight: 60 g.
Diameter: 55.4 mm.

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