Failed peace negotiations in Cologne, Copper Medal. Obverse: lion with band, on which the word INQUI is written, chained to a stake, a rat tries to nibble the band within a wrap, cut: year. Reverse: man with crown, representing Philip II, offers Dutch lion olive branch while holding Inquisition band behind his back, in the background, a man with a tiara, cloak and cross, representing the pope, looks inside, Cologne, Philip II (King of Spain), Gregory XIII, Gerard van Bylaer, Dordrecht, 1579, copper (metal), striking (metalworking), d cm × w gr, Reimagined by Gibon, design of warm chee

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