Medal - Annexation of Leiden harbour

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A distant view of Leiden (buildings and windmills); in front a man riding a horse on a canal towpath pulling a boat (towards lock gate on left), top left a blowing cloud. Ornate design at the top; a crowned coat of arms of the city of Leiden, with the shields left and right of the four mayors (Johan van Vesaneveld, Ripperd van Groenendyk, Johan van den Bergh, Johan van Banchem). Lettering above

Script: Latin

Lettering: MINOR EST NON OMNIBUS UNA.

Translation: Less is not all the same

Engraver: Jan Smeltzing

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Comment

Netherlands - 1683 Annexation of Leyden Harbour towpath medal by Smeltzing.
"Completion of the hike along the canal" "de Zijl" "at Leiden in 1683."
Subjects: Vesanevelt, Johan van, master, mayor of Leiden // Groenendyk, Ripperd van, mayor of Leiden // Bergh, Johan van den, mayor of Leiden // Banchem, Johan van, mayor of Leiden.
 Leiden is a city in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands and has 118,000 inhabitants.

Schulman b.v. > Auction 352 Price realized: 1,500 EUR (Approx. 1,606 USD)

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