CNG 102, Lot: 1397. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOW COUNTRIES, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). 1581-1795. AR Medal (65mm, 87.87 g, 12h). Commemorating the Centennial of the University of Utrecht. By J. Drappentier. Dated 1736 (in Roman numerals). ATRIUM LIBERTATIS TEMPLUM SAPIENTIAE., Minerva, in full armor, seated left below drapery, holding spear in right hand and shield set on ground in left; left arm resting on altar surmounted by closed book upon which sits a lit oil lamp; Minerva’s feet are attributes of the various academic disciplines; to left, Hercules standing slightly right on multi-headed monster, holding bundle of arrows and extending hand to Minerva; in background, classical architecture; all set on base inscribed I. DRAP : F.; MONSTRIS . DOMITIS./ARTES . RECEPTÆ. in two lines in exergue / SOL IUSTITIÆ ILLUSTRATA NOS., PRIMIS ACADEMIÆ TRAIECTINÆ/SACRIS SÆCULARIBUS A D XXVII/MARTII CICICCCXXXVI CELEBRATIS/VOTISQUE PRO NOVI SÆCULI/FELICITATE NUNCUPATIS CONSULES/ET SENATORES EIUS CURATORES/LÆTI FESTI MEMORIAM HOC/MONUMENTO CONSECRARUNT. in eight lines on scroll; above, radiate coat-of-arms flanked by laurel branches; below river-god Rhenus, holding rudder and overturned urn, reclining left in reeds; goose right pecking at water flow; view of city in backround. Van Loon IV 104; Forrer I 426. EF.