Netherlands. Amsterdam. Collegium Medicum. Personal admission token to the Hortus Medicus, engraved 1790. After a design by Willem de Wijs.
Obverse: Aesculapius standing with his serpent-entwined staff between two plant vessels on pedestals, with an architectural background.
Legend: MAXIMVS AEGRIS AVXILIATOR ADEST — “The greatest helper of the sick is present.”
Reverse: The crowned arms of Amsterdam between two cornucopias, above a spatula entwined by a serpent. Below, a personalised inscription panel bearing a name provisionally read as “I. J. Bajen”, followed by 1790.
Tokens of this type provided access to Amsterdam’s Hortus Medicus for members of the medical and pharmaceutical community. The engraved name connects this example with an individual holder.
A closely comparable token inscribed to Daniel Dylius in 1790 is preserved in the Rijksmuseum, inventory NG-VG-7-66-A, measuring 47 mm and weighing 46.28 g.
The engraved date refers to the personal inscription; the precise casting date has not been established.
References: Wittop Koning, Amsterdam 30.3; Dirks, plate I, no. 11.
Weight: 45 g.
Diameter: 47 mm.
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