Medal - Recovery of a sunken treasure

Locatie Zeeland, Province of
Jaar 1660
Type Commemorative medal
Samenstelling Silver
Gewicht 117.19 g
Diameter 70 mm
Dikte
Vorm Round
Techniek
Oriëntatie Medal alignment ↑↑
Rand Plain
Periode
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Referentie(s)
Beschrijving voorzijde Two salvage boats on either side of a wrecked ship; on board the boats, crewmen using a special apparatus to raise up items within the wreck; behind view of the city of West-Kapelle.
Schrift voorzijde
Opschrift voorzijde SOLI DEO HONOR M. V. GOES ET GLORIA
(Translation: Marcel van der Goes gives honor and glory solely to God)
Beschrijving keerzijde Inscription of 14 lines, all within an olive wreath entwined with the names and arms of the eight directors of the project.
Schrift keerzijde
Opschrift keerzijde In memoriam rei / Quâ arte admirandâ / priorumq/3 faeculorum cogitata / fuperante, prope Valacros in ple / no ac aeftuanti mari, fub aufpiciis / Senatus Zelandici ac procuranti / Marcel. Goefio e navi submersâ ac / disruptâ profundumq/3 fub arenis la= / titante immenfa argenti, tum rudis / tum signati, vis, gemme plures, ac / tormenta bellica, fubducta, ser= / vata ac veteribus dominis / ex jure reftituta funt / 1660
(Translation: a memorial of how, by an admirable art, surpassing the inventions of past centuries, under the auspices of the Deputy Councillors of Zeeland and under the direction of Marcellus van der Goes, a great quantity of coined and bullion silver, many precious stones and many cannon were raised up near Walcheren, from a vessel lost, destroyed and sunk in the sands, and then returned to their proper owners)
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