Medal - Opening of the new city hall Amsterdam
Features
| Location |
Dutch Republic
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals |
| Year | 1655 |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 71.50 g |
| Diameter | 70 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 187292 |
| References | Vanhoudt# 1655-3 Gerard van Loon, John Saunders (ed.), Hugo Vanhoudt (ed.); 2021. Medallic History of the Low Countries Reprint. Saunders, Los Angeles, California, United States (4 volumes).Leonard Forrer; 1909. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin-Gem, and Seal engravers, Mintmasters, &c. Ancient and Modern / Volume IV, MB-Q. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. |
Commemorative issue
Otwarcie nowego ratusza w Amsterdamie, którego budowę rozpoczęto w 1648 r. i ukończono w 1655 r.
Obverse
(en) View of the new City Hall of Amsterdam, with the Nieuwe Kerk to the right; in front, in the Dam Square, a large crowd is celebrating the inauguration of the building; in the foreground, Amphion seated right in the ruins of the old City Hall, playing his lyre, and with his feet resting on a fallen column capital bearing the initials of the engraver.
In the field above the buildings, Mercury flying left holding a caduceus in his right hand and, in his left, a liberty hat.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
FUIT HAEC SAPIENTIA QUONDAM
OMNIBUS IDEM
Engraver: George Poll
Reverse
(en) View of the Argo, depicted as a sailing galley loaded with soldiers, sailing to right before the harbor of Amsterdam.
Script: łaciński
Lettering: PELAGUS QUANTOS APERIMUS IN USUS
Engravers: George Poll, Jurriaan Poll
Edge
Zwykły
Mint
Amsterdam, Netherlands (1578-1673)Comments
(en)
Van loon II. 387.2
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