1082709 | NETHERLANDS. Rotterdam. (1736) AR Medal. PCGS MS62. By M. Holtzhey. Edge: Plain. 62mm. 77.62gm. DIVITIAS HVC TERRA SVAS HVC TRANSTVLIT VNDA (thither their treasures both land and sea brought)// M : HOLTZHEY · FECIT ·/ROTTERDAMVM/ AD PERMVTANDAS VRBIS ET ORBIS OPES (that the resources of both the city and the world may be exchanged). Civic deity of Rotterdam seated on bales and rolls of merchandise, cradling a cornucopia, resting an arm upon coat-of-arms, and receiving a crown from Mercury flying to left, holding winged caduceus; behind her, partial statue of Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus right; at her feet, overturned urn, inscribed MOSA (river Maas), from which liquid flows; to right, cherub seated against powder keg, holding herring; cityview of Rotterdam and the River Maas in the background; two-line inscription in exergue / BYRSA A FVNDAMENTIS ADIFICATA/MAGNIFICE/AD COMMODA MERCATORVM/PROMOVENDA/MDCCXXXVI (a stock exchange magnificently built from the ground up in 1736). Aerial view of the Rotterdam stock exchange; five-line inscription in exergue. van Loon 107.

Commemorating the Opening of the Rotterdam Stock Exchange.

Housed in an oversized holder.


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