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JOURNAL, R.A.S. CEYLON. [VOL. XVIIL 
NOTE ON A DUTCH MEDAL. 
By F. H. DE Vos, Barrister-at-Law, and Member of the Society of 
Dutch Literature, &c., of Leyden. 
The silver medal of which a sketch accompanies this 
Paper, was recently purchased for the Museum and is on 
exhibition there. Mr. Gerard A.Joseph, the Secretary of the 
Museum and Honorary Secretary of the Ceylon Branch of 
the Royal Asiatic Society, sent me all the correspondence in 
connection with the medal, particularly letters from Mr. 
R. G. Anthonisz, the Government Archivist, and Mr. J. P.. 
Lewis, CCS. From the documents sent and illustrations 
of the medal I write this note, supplementing it with notes 
of mv own. The medal is commemorative of the silver 
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wedding of Johannes Timmers and Susanna Libertina van 
Schinne. 
Mr. R. G. Anthonisz, the Government Archivist, writes : — 
" I make out that the building on the obverse is intended 
to represent the temple Concordia. The figures on the 
top and sides of the dome are clearly emblematic of the 
goddess. The design is purely classical and in keeping with 
Roman customs. The altar in the front of the temple, the 
fire over which the bride and bridegroom, in toga and tunic, 
are pouring water, and the inscriptions are all perfectly 
consistent. The day of the month is given on the lower 
fascia of the entablature thus : X. KAL. NOV. R = 23 Octo- 
ber, and the motto ANiMos ConCorDIa RegIt contains the 
year 1703 (MDCCIII). The words on the reverse, MVtVa 
ConnVbII renoVantVr foeDera CastI, contain the year 
1728 (MDCCVVVVVIII)." 
Mr. Lewis also deciphered the date independently of 
Mr. Anthonisz. 
