Huwelijk van Filips II, koning van Spanje en Elisabeth van Valois, overeenkomstig de voorwaarden van de vrede van Le Cateau-Cambresis 1559

This 16th-century commemorative medal from the Rijksmuseum celebrates the marriage of Philip II of Spain and Elisabeth of Valois in 1559. The obverse depicts the royal couple facing each other, their heads crowned, with the inscription “PHILIP ET ISABEL R R HISP” (“Philip and Isabel, King and Queen of Spain”). The reverse shows a peacock, a symbol of immortality, with the inscription “NUNQ[UAM] CO[G]ITA[RE] D[E]” (“Never cease to think about it”), possibly referring to the peace treaty that ended the Italian War.