Obverse: Facing bust within laurel wreath, scroll below. JOOST VAN DEN VONDEL / Gest 3 Feb – 1679.
Reverse: swan within laurel wreath, scroll below. SLANTS OUTSTE EN GROOTSTE POEET / Geb. 17 NOV – 1587.
References: vL. III 283/264.2; Fred. 21/21a afb. 116/117; Weiler 1223; KPK 1293.
A rare hollow cast or 'plaquettepenning', blowhole and marks on edge. The reverse refers to Vondel's nickname ‘The Batavian Swan’.
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