On the Suppression of the Aansprekers Riot in Amsterdam Following the Ordinance on Burial
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Tin medal. Issued by the magistrate to the citizen captains and the volunteers on horseback for services rendered during the riot in 1696. Obverse: Dam with the civic guard in the foreground driving away the people. Legend: URBI QUASSATAE IUSTITIA REDUX (the justice that returns to the troubled city). Section: M. SMELTZING/ FECIT. Reverse: Roman censor sits on a dais with inscription: VIRTUTIS/ FIDEIQUE/ ERGO D.(at) D.(icat) D.(edicatque) and hands a Roman foot soldier the medal. In the distance two soldiers, one on horseback. In the foreground the Amsterdam city coat of arms and below it the obverse and reverse of the medal from 1696 with the year A° 1697 in between. Legend: S.(enatus) C.(ivium) PRAEF.(ectis) CIV.(ibus) EQU.(itibusque) PRAEMIA. Legend and inscription: (The government gives to the citizen captains, the [armed] citizens and the riders rewards for their bravery and loyalty).
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