Medal - Recovery of a sunken treasure

Miejsce Zeeland, Province of
Rok 1660
Typ Commemorative medal
Skład Silver
Waga 117.19 g
Średnica 70 mm
Grubość
Kształt Round
Technika
Orientacja Medal alignment ↑↑
Krawędź Plain
Okres
Uwagi
Źródło(a)
Opis awersu 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.
Pismo awersu
Legenda awersu SOLI DEO HONOR M. V. GOES ET GLORIA
(Translation: Marcel van der Goes gives honor and glory solely to God)
Opis rewersu Inscription of 14 lines, all within an olive wreath entwined with the names and arms of the eight directors of the project.
Pismo rewersu
Legenda rewersu 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)
Nakład
ID Numisquare 2407370170
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