CNG 87, Lot: 2179. Estimate $1000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOW COUNTRIES, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). Holland. AR Medal (55mm, 28.76 g, 12h). Commemorating the Reopening of Maritime Commerce. Dated 1596. · SIDERE · PROFICIANT · DEXTRO · NEPTVNIA · REGNA (rosette stops) (may maritime authority be profitable for us through a favorable omen), Neptune, holding trident, riding sea monster left, holding trident; port and ships on sea in background; above, rayed name of God in Hebrew; 15·96 in exergue / (lis) INSIG NIA FRISIÆCIS RHENANÆ (the coat-of-arms of Rhinish Frisia), crowned coat-of-arms with leonine supporters; in border, alternating coats-of-arms and scrolls containing the city names Alkmaer, Hoorn, Enckhusen, Medenblick, Edam, Monicedam, and Purmerent. Van Loon I p. 488 (Dutch ed.); Betts 16. Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.