Description

Commonwealth, 1649-1660. Silver Medal 1654, 68.15 g. Peace of Westminster between England and Holland 1654. By S. Dadler. Britannia and Holland, seated, jointly hold the cap of liberty. MENTIBUS UNITIS PRISCUS PROCUL ABSIT AMAROR , PILEA NE SUBITO PARTA CRUORE RUANT. In exergue: CONCL : XV/XXV D . APRIL . A° . M . DC . LIV. Rv. A British and a Dutch frigate sailing together upon a tranquil sea. LUXURIAT GEMINO NEXU TRANQVILLA SALO RES . EXCIPIT UNANIMES TOTIUS ORBIS AMOR. Plain edge. 61.2 mm. Eimer 191a. MI i 415/52. Maué 81. van Loon II, 371,3. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1654-5. Fast vorzüglich / About Extremely Fine. Feine Patina / Nicely toned. Randfehler und kleine Kratzer / Edge flaw and small scratches.

Purchased from Spink Numismatic Circular, London, August 1996, lot 4461.

The Treaty of Westminster concluded between the Lord Protector of the English Commonwealth and the States General of the United Netherlands, was signed on 5 April 1654. The treaty ended the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652 - 1654).

The treaty is otherwise notable because it is one of the first treaties implementing international arbitration as a method of conflict resolution in early modern times. A secret clause, obliging the States of Holland to enact the Act of Seclusion, played an important part in Dutch internal politics during the First Stadtholderless Period.

This medal was struck in Holland.