Beginning of the year 1764, Silver Medal. Front: Peace, depicted as a woman with olive branch in hand, enveloped by clouds, lifts winged hat from Mercury's head, resting with knee on stack of merchandise, and points it to the four winds that blow away stack of paper within an inscription. Reverse: man in Roman clothing with a heart hanging on a ribbon around his neck and in his hand a scepter with a radiant eye on it, wound by a snake, leaning on a column, the base of which is adorned with oak wreath, in the background ships at sea and the rising sun within the scope, cut off: inscription, Johan George Holtzhey, Amsterdam, 1764, silver (metal), striking (metalworking), d 4.5 cm × w 24.73 gr
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year 1764, black-and-white Medal, Front, Peace, depicted, woman, olive branch, hand, enveloped, clouds, lifts winged hat, Mercury's head, resting, knee, stack, merchandise, points, four winds, blow away stack, paper within, inscription, Reverse, man, Roman clothing, heart hanging, ribbon, neck, scepter, radiant eye, wound, snake, leaning, column, base, adorned, oak wreath, background ships, sea, rising sun within, scope, cut off, Johan George Holtzhey, Amsterdam, 1764, black-and-white, metal, striking, metalworking
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