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Medal commemorating the Dutch East India Company centenary, 1702
Medal commemorating the Dutch East India Company Centenary, 1702. Obverse: A woman crowned, seated, a wreathed sword in her right hand, her left arm resting on a pedestal, the arms of Holland on a column behind; cornucopias emptying (left and right), a tortoise under her foot. Legend: 'IN ALTERA SAECULA PERGO'. Exergue: 'MDCCII'. Reverse: An antique ship under a single sail passing the columns of Hercules (left) towards the rising sun. Legend: 'INVIA NULLA VIA'. Exergue: 'FAVENTE DEO'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0145 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Arondeaux, Robert |
| Places: | Netherlands |
| Events: | Creation of the Dutch East India Company, 1602 |
| Date made: | 1702 |
| People: | Dutch East India Company |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 67 mm |