WHYTE'S THE HISTORY SALE TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1-11 NOVEMBER 2023

135 Holland. 1698 medal opposing Balthasar Bekker. Opponents of Balthasar Bekker, pastor in Amsterdam. Pastor Jacobus Koelman seated on a donkey with a standard in hand showing an image of a devil inside, ITA DOMINE QUICOVID DOC / SIC ITUR AD ASTRA; reverse: spider in web, background church within circumference., AQUILIS LEVE TEXIT OPUS. Bronze, 45mm. Provenance: Purchased at a coin fair, Gresham Hotel, 1975; Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Good fine. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 135 136 18th/19th century medals commemorating European royalty. Copper and bronze including Napoleon III, Franz-Josef, Louis Philippe I, 70mm, Gustav Adolphus, Ludvicus Magnus etc., mainly 35mm. (7) Provenance: Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Fine to very fine. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 136 THE HISTORY SALE · 1-11 NOVEMBER 2023 The Tom Ryan Collection of Medals 87