Netherlands. Utrecht University, 1881. Medal commemorating the 245th anniversary and the students’ historical masquerade depicting Archduke Matthias of Austria’s entry into Brussels in 1578.
By Johan Philip Menger (obverse) and Johan Philip Mathias Menger (reverse).
Obverse: A youthful figure riding a triumphal chariot drawn by four horses across clouds.
SPEM ADFERT MATHIAS · 1881 — “Matthias brings hope”.
Reverse: A comet above a fortified city.
1578 · OFFENSI NVMINIS ASTRVM — “Star of the offended deity”.
Issued for the Utrecht university celebrations of 1881, whose historical procession recreated Matthias’s entry into Brussels. The design draws upon a sixteenth-century counter commemorating the archduke’s arrival in the Low Countries.
A corresponding example is preserved in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inventory NG-VG-1-4328.
References: Zwierzina 542; Hofstee 14.
Weight: 31.3 g. Diameter: 44 mm.
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