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William III. and Mary II. 1689-1694. Silver Medal 1691, 30.62 g. Congress of the Allies at The Hague. By G. Hautsch. Prudence seated, holds a dart, and with her mirror concentrates the rays of the sun and directs them to the destruction of a pile of French and Turkish arms. CVRA HVC TRADVCITVR OMNIS. Rv. Three hands united over two crossed standards; antique prow below. CONCOR DIA PRINCIPVM. In exergue: FOEDERATI PRINCIPES CONSILIA CONFERVNT HAGÆ COM. 1691. Edge: IBI SALVS, VBI MVLTA CONSILIA. 43.2 mm. Eimer -. MI ii 17/183. van Loon IV, 41,2. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1691-27. Gutes vorzüglich / About Uncirculated. Hübsche Patina / Attractively toned.

In 1691, in the greater frame of the Nine Years' War, which was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance (consisting of Habsburg Spain and Habsburg Holy Roman Empire, Williamite England and Scotland and the Savoyard State), William III met with his German allies at The Hague to discuss future military campaigns.

William, as Prudence, is combining the powers of the Confederates against the united forces of France and Turkey, who were in alliance with each other, to the great indignation of the Protestants of Europe. The reverse is imitated from a coin of Domitian, and intimates that the Princes are united for naval and military purposes.