stamp (for coins and tokens), Johannes Smeltzing, 1683, General: x (47 x 54mm), Diameter stamp: (47mm), Iron stamp, used for striking the front of a commemorative medal on the opening of the towpath along the Zijl. On the stamp surface is a female figure, Nehalennia, the goddess of shipping, standing on a globe in the middle of the sea with a horn of plenty in her left arm and a barge in her right hand. A ship and a rising sun can be seen in the distance. Below is a mirror image of the year 1683 and above it is a mirror image of the circular: NAVIGATIO, allegory

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