Allegorical warning against the Spanish peace proposals, Copper Medal. Obverse: Mercury with winged helmet and staff hands over Odysseus herb, with which he can resist Cyrce's temptations under inscription within inscription. Reverse: hand offers armed men a branch of peace within a cover, cut off: monogram S.C, The Hague, Staten-Generaal, anonymous, Dordrecht, 1607, copper (metal), striking (metalworking), d 2.9 cm × w 5.86 gr
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Allegorical warning, Spanish peace proposals, Copper Medal, Obverse, Mercury, winged helmet, staff hands, Odysseus herb, resist Cyrce's temptations under inscription within inscription, Reverse, hand offers armed men, branch, peace within, cover, cut off, monogram S.C, Hague, Staten-Generaal, Dordrecht, 1607, copper, metal, striking, metalworking
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