1083573 | POLAND. Danzig. 1644 AR Medal. NGC MS64. By S. Dadler. 60mm. Bellona the allegorical figure of War struggles with Pax, fighting for peace on earth. At left, a globe with Mercury's caduceus, palm and olive branches, offered to the combatants; to the right, the Gorgoneion (shield of Pallas Athena with the Gorgon's head) and a lance leaning against an olive tree / Allegorical figure of Pax (Peace) standing over the war god, Mars who is lays defeated upon the ground. In her right hand she holds Mercury's caduceus and three ears of grain, in her left hand a palm, laurel and olive branch. In the background, Themis standing with her sword and scales, while to the right Abundantia stands with cornucopia and olive branch. Between them a farmer ploughs a field before a cityscape. Pax in Nummis 83; Van Loon II, S. 315 (Histoire metallique II, S. 304); Deth./Ord. 1; Maué 54.

On the beginning of the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia.

Housed in an oversized holder.


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The Peace of Westphalia is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster. They ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire, closing a calamitous period of European history that killed approximately eight million people. [Wikipedia.org].