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Nomos 12

22 May 2016
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 2000 CHF
Hammer Price:  3400 CHF
Lot 298

NETHERLANDS, The Dutch Republic. Leiden. Medal (Silver, 56mm, 74.89 g 12), reward medal for the collectors of the hearth tax in Leiden; by the engraver AS, 1666. OPERÆ PRO ARIS ET FOCIS PRÆSTITÆ REDHOSTIMENVM (=a just recompense for the work done for religion and the fatherland) Alchemist seated in his study; in the exergue, in tiny letters, A S., within the inscription, arms of the four previous burgermeisters. Rev. ARGENTVM EX FVMO NON ARS SED OBSEQVIVM FECIT (=smoke can be turned into silver by obedience, not be artiface) Seven lines of a Dutch poem about alchemy; above, crowned arms of Leiden, with the date 1666; below, view of the city. Van Loon p. 516. Very rare. Attractively toned. Tiny collector’s mark on the edge, otherwise, extremely fine.


Ex Künker 247, 13 March 2014, 5415.

Online bidding closes: 22 May 2016, 03:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 26 Apr 2024, 22:32:36 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3400 CHF

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