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Exhibition of Antiquities by the Provincial Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences
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Silver medal. Obverse: helmeted Minerva seated under an orange tree with spear and shield, holding a laurel wreath in her outstretched right hand; on the ground lie bales of goods, a globe, spools and yarn, a compass, a serpent staff, a sword and scales, and a plough; in the background a view of the city of Utrecht; edge: signature. Reverse: inscription within a laurel wreath and legend.
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Credit lineTentoonstelling van oudheden van het Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. 1857. Barend Christiaan van Calker. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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