Lot 451
Medal with Tetragrammaton - Holland, 1586
Bronze medal. [Holland], 1586.
Obverse: Elizabeth I Queen of England on the throne with three figures by her side - two are kneeling and one is holding an open book. Below the figures appear the year 1586 and the legend: "E. R. Est altrix esurientium eum". Reverse: Tetragrammaton, within a sun on top of a sword, surrounded by the legend "Sermo dei quo ense ancipi acutior" [word of G-d is sharper than a two-sided sword].
Diameter: approx. 30 mm. Reverse was struck off center.
