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The Only Dutch Motto in British Civic Heraldry
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Golden Jubilee - 50th Anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II. • GOLDEN JUBILEE • • ELIZABETH II 2002 •, crowned head of Elizabeth II to right; behind, crown within •THE QUEEN'S•GOLDEN JUBILEE• / SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL, coat of arms with motto: NIET • ZONDER • ARBYT ('nothing without work'). 8.28gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Mint State.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Sir Cornelius Vermuyden (1595-1677) was a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch land reclamation methods to England. He was commissioned by the Crown to drain Hatfield Chase in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire. In the 1650s, he directed major projects to drain The Fens of East Anglia, introducing the innovation of constructing washes, to allow periodic flooding of the area by excess waters. His motto Niet Zonder Arbyt ("Nothing Without Work") was adopted as the official motto of South Cambridgeshire District Council.
Near Mint State.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Sir Cornelius Vermuyden (1595-1677) was a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch land reclamation methods to England. He was commissioned by the Crown to drain Hatfield Chase in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire. In the 1650s, he directed major projects to drain The Fens of East Anglia, introducing the innovation of constructing washes, to allow periodic flooding of the area by excess waters. His motto Niet Zonder Arbyt ("Nothing Without Work") was adopted as the official motto of South Cambridgeshire District Council.
Sis mint, struck for use in Antioch, 1198-1219. ✠ LЄO DЄI GRATIA, cross pattée / ✠ RЄX ARMЄИOR, crowned head facing. AC 281; CCA 9; MAC 33; CCS 133a. 0.94gr, 18mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Sis mint. ✠ ԼԵԻՈՆ ԹԱԳԱԻՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ ("Levon, king of the Armenians"), Levon seated facing on throne decorated with lions, his feet resting on footstool, wearing royal mantle on his shoulders, holding globus cruciger in his right hand and lis-tipped sceptre in his left / ✠ ԿԱՐՈՂՈՒԹԲՆ ԱՍՏՈԻԾՈՅ ("By the will of God"), two lions rampant back-to-back, each with heads reverted; patriarchal cross between. CCA 123ff. 2.74gr, 22mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Sis mint. 'Hetoum King of Armenians' in Armenian, crowned head facing / 'Struck in the city of Sis' in Armenian, patriarchal cross terminating in floral scroll. AC 398. 4.28gr, 22mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Sis mint. ⧾ ԱՒՇԻՆ [...]ԱՅ, King on horseback to right, head facing, holding lis-tipped sceptre in his right hand, Յ (retrograde) before, L beneath horse's fore hoof / ⧾ ՇԻՆԱԾ Է ԻԱՂԱ[...], lion to right with forepaw raised; behind, long cross; dot above. Cf. CCA 1928. 2.60gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Sis mint. ⧾ ԼԵԻՈՆ ԹԱԳ]ԱԻՈՐ ՀԱՅՈՑ, King on horseback to right, holding sceptre in his right hand, uncertain letter and Մ across field / ⧾ ՇԻՆԵԱԼ Ի [ՔԱՂԱՔՆ] ԻՍԻՍ, lion to right with forepaw raised; behind, cross; dot above. Cf. CCA 1954 or 1963. 2.41gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Lion of Cyprus rampant to right within circular pelleted border / Cross pattée within circular pelleted border. Cf. Bedoukian 2242-2245; cf. AC 505-508. 0.71gr, 14mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
King seated facing on wide bench, legs crossed, holding lis-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger; star in left field / Cross pattée; short lines in three quarters, crescent in first quarter. AC 363. 4.97gr, 22mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée / ✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, tower of David. Metcalf, Crusades 160; MPS p. 74, 19; Schlumberger III, 21. 0.75gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ BALDVINVS REX. cross pattée within circle / ✠ DE IERVSALEM, tower of David. CCS 21; Metcalf, Crusades 165-167. 0.71gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
'Rough' coinage, series 3. BALDVINVS REX, cross pattée / ✠ DE IERVSALEM, tower of David. Metcalf, Crusades 153-153A; CCS 15. 0.75gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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BALDVINVS RЄX, cross pattée within circle / ✠ DЄ IЄRVSALЄM, tower of David. CCS 4. 1.01gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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