CNG 87, Lot: 2151. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREAT BRITAIN. Commonwealth. 1649-1660. AR Medal (61mm, 62.71 g, 12h). Peace between England and Holland. By S. Dadler. Dated 1654 in Roman numerals. MENTIBUS UNITIS PRISCUS PROCUL ABSIT AMAROR PILEA NE SUBITO PARTA CRUORE RUANT (Let the earlier bitterness be far from their united minds, lest they throw down on the ground the caps [of liberty] gained by blood), Britannia and Holland seated facing, both holding cap of liberty above; harp on lap of one; at feet of other, lion seated left, head facing, holding bundle of arrows in forepaw; trees in background; in two lines in exergue, CONCL: XV|XXV D. APRIL/Ao. M. DC. LIV (concluded on the 15th|25th day of April) / LUXURIAT GEMINO NEXU/TRANQVILLA SALO RES EXCIPIT UNANIMES/TOTIUS ORBIS AMOR (Sea commerce, calmed by a twin bond, flourishes – the love of the entire world receives those of one mind), English and Dutch frigate side-by-side under sail left on tranquil sea. MI 415/52; Eimer 191a. EF, toned. Rare.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.