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medal
COINS AND MEDALS
medal
D.S.S.
Europe: Netherlands
c.1688
silver
1999.2890
COINS AND MEDALS
medal
D.S.S.
Europe: Netherlands
c.1688
silver
Round silver medal. Obverse: An owl wearing spectacles, seated on a cushion overlaying a sword. An ink bottle and pen hang from a neck cord. Adjacent is a candle with seven stars about the flame. Reverse: A pair of scales suspended from heaven (clouds) from whence rays of light illuminate a bible in one pan, which outweighs the emblems of popery/episcopacy (e.g. a mitre) in the other pan. Includes an inscribed scroll and seven seals hanging from it. Dutch.
1999.2890
BOA Purchase, 1938