Unknown medal; text in latin and old german? [solved]

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I couldn't find any info about it on numista and on whole net, searched about text and imagine. Seems old.

 Anything [coin / token / banknote] only gets on here if 

a member adds it. So far nobody has. Here it is in a good condition 

 

 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

 Another page 

 

 

 

Frederick William, the Great Elector, 1640-1688. Medal, undated (1679) by Jan Boskam 

commemorating the expulsion of the Swedes from East Prussia. 

A ship under full sail on high waves, sailing calmly, illuminated by the sun; 

WAS IETZ FAHRT WOLKEN AN and NIMIUM NE CREDE SERENO. / 

The same ship heels in heavy seas during a storm, 

SOON AGAIN SINCKEN KAN. and EXSURGUNT NUBILA PHOEBO. 

45.5 mm. 31.69 g. Henckel Collection 3312; Fieweger Collection 244. 

 

https://auktionen.gmcoinart.de/Los/111/3052.0/DEUTSCHLAND%20BIS%201871%2FBRANDENBURG%20%2F%20PREUSSEN/forceprint/ 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

WAS JETZ FÆRHT WOLCKEN AN, BALD WIEDER SINKEN KANN
"What now sails with the clouds can soon sink again."

  • Maybe 17th-18th century, essentially: what goes up must come down.

 

The Latin is half guess:

NIMIUM NE CREDE SERENO “Do not trust too much in the calm (sky)”

  • a warning against overconfidence in peaceful or prosperous times, because storms (i.e. troubles) may follow.


EXSURGUNT NUBILA PHOEBO “Clouds rise against Phoebus.”

  • Phoebus is a poetic name for the sun god Apollo here, maybe a metaphor for light, clarity, or peace.

 

“Do not trust too much in the serene sky; clouds rise even against the sun.”

 

EDIT: seconds after posting I found a broken website link with an old auction

1679 from Jan Boskam Expulsion of the Swedes from East Prussia

  One more [German] page 

 

https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/rosenberg1919_08_11/0007/image,info 

 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Full identified, thanks a lot!!

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