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Medals and Coins of Holland
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: Place made: Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Date made: 1688-1690
Materials: ink; laid paper
Measurements: 7 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in
Nomenclature: decorative
Classification: whales
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Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: Place made: Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Date made: 1688-1690
Materials: ink; laid paper
Measurements: 7 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in
Nomenclature: decorative
Classification: whales
Page from a book with an engraving showing both faces of two coins or medals. The first has three figures on a boat at sea, and a shield, on one side, and a man with shield and sword riding a horse-sea serpent chimera on the other. The second has a ship on one side and a woman with what may be an anchor on the other. The text below and on verso describes various coins, in French.
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