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NOORDELIJKE NEDERLANDEN (NETHERLANDS) - REPUBLIEK, 1581-1795 - GELDERLAND - AR Penning 1619 m.b.t. Synode van Dordrecht
gewicht 58,87gr. ; zilver 57mm.
door J.Wijntgens, muntmeester aan de Munt van Gelderland.
vz. Wijnpers en wijngaard onder hand met druiventros uit Jehovah-wolken
EST A PRESSURA LARGIOR ET MELIOR 16 lelie 19
(vertaald “Het is na de verdrukking overvloediger en beter”
kz. Vos loopt uitdagend voor het hol van de leeuw QVIA ME VESTIGIA TERRENT I lelie W
(“om dat mij de voetstappen afschrikken”, de letters I W staan voor Iohan Wijntgens)
van Loon II,pag.111
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Aan voorzijde allegorie dat wijn beter is dan uitgeperste druif ; aan de keerzijde brutale vos die voor het hol van de leeuw langs loopt. De remonstrantse predikant Jan Uytenbogaard stond aanvankelijk in hoog aanzien bij prins Maurits en vergezelde hem tijdens militaire expedities. Ook was hij een boezemvriend van Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, raadspensionaris van de Staten-Generaal, die politiek echter tegenover Maurits kwam te staan. Johan van Oldenbarnevelt werd op last van Maurits, tijdens een politiek proces, wegens landverraad ter dood veroordeeld en op 13 mei 1619 op het Binnenhof te Den Haag onthoofd. Als boezemvriend van Johan van Oldenbarnevelt kwam Jan Uytenbogaard daarmee ongewild in het vijandelijk kamp te zitten tegenover de Oranjes. Hij vluchtte naar Antwerpen, alwaar hij bescherming genoot van de aartshertogen Albrecht en Isabella. Uytenbogaard weigerde tijdens zijn proces te verschijnen en hij werd bij afwezigheid veroordeeld. Al zijn Nederlandse goederen werden verbeurt verklaard. Johan Wijntgens, muntmeester van Gelderland, memoreerde deze gebeurtenis met de vervaardiging van deze penning.
The Dutch Republic. Gelders. Medal (Silver, 58mm, 58,87g), on the refusal of the Remonstrant Minister Johannes Uytenbogaert to appear before the Synod of Dordrecht; by Johan Wyntgens, mintmaster in Gelders, 1619. EST A PRESSURA LARGIOR ET MELIOR 16 19 (=the more it is pressed, the more abundant and better it is) Large bunch of grapes held by a hand extended from clouds enclosing the name of Jehovah in rays; on the left, wine press from which wine pours into a basin; on the right, a vineyard. Rev. QVIA ME VESTIGA TERRENT I W (=it is the remains that terrify me), followed by the engraver initials. Fox walking to the right, before a cavern, in which a lion reclines amidst bones and an animal skull, and towards which hoof prints lead but do not come out. Van Loon II, pp. 111-113. A remarkably attractive medal, replete with allegorical symbolism. Beautifully toned, a superb example. Extremely fine.
Johannes Uytenbogaert (1557-1644) was a prominent religious figure during the early Dutch Republic. He helped to found the Remonstrant movement of the Reformed Dutch Church, which was in opposition to Maurice of Orange and the orthodox Calvinists. This led to his conviction by the Synod of Dordrecht in 1618 - he did not appear at the trial but fled the country. He lived in exile in Antwerp and Rouen until the death of Maurice in April 1625, when he was able to return in 1626; he continued to preach until his own death in 1644. This medal commemorates his refusal to attend the Synod: the obverse symbolizes the fact that the pressure put on him resulted in even finer discourse, while the reverse implies that Uytenbogaert was much too wise to accede to the invitation to attend the Synod, since he would have surely been convicted there (which, in fact, he was) and probably executed (as was the great Dutch patriot Johan von Oldenbarnevelt, another opponent of Maurice). |
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CALABRIA, TARAS - AR Didrachm, circa 302-281 BC
weight 7,60gr. ; silver Ø 20mm.
obv. Naked boy seated on horse standing right, which he crowns
with his right hand, in upper field to left ΣA, below APE / ΘΩN
rev. Naked Phalanthos seated on dolphin left, holding tripod in right hand,
his left hand resting on back of dolphin, TAPAΣ on right, CAΣ below
BMC 149 ; SNG.Copenhagen 862 ; SNG.Oxford 000 ; SNG.München 655 ;
SNG.ANS.1046 ; Vlasto 666 ; SNG.Paris 1869
Very minor traces of oxidation.
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