A Collection of Medals Related to the Stuarts
The Synod of Dort (Dordrecht)

Triton XVII, Lot: 1518. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. STUART. James I. 1603-1625. AR Medal (59mm, 60.80 g, 12h). Commemorating the Synod of Dort (Dordrecht), 1619. Of Dutch manufacture. Dated 1619 (in Roman and Arabic numerals). (rose) ASSERTA • • RELIGIONE , View of the Synod of Dordrecht; date across lower field; saltire stops / (rose) ERVNT VT MONS SION M D CXIX, View of Mt. Zion with temple on summit, being buffeted by personifications of the four winds; above, radiate tetragrammaton above. Van Loon II 105; MI 222/77; Eimer 99. EF, toned. These medals were presented to each of the participants.

From the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection.

Held in Dordrecht in 1619 by the Dutch Reformed Church, the Synod of Dort met to resolve religious issues that arose within the Reformed Church following the rise of Arminianism and the challenges it posed to established Calvanism. Delegates included representatives from the Church of England and the Church of Scotland.