Obverse: Mercury standing on the shore with his back turned to two vessels in action. Legend: 'SALVS IN FLVCTIBVS.' Exergue: 'STATVS RERVM.' Reverse: A crowned and sceptred figure holding a lantern seated on a horse on the shore (right) and a Native American, standing, in war-paint with bow and arrow (left). Legend: 'SED MOTOS PRAESTAT COMPONERE FLVCTVS' - a line from Virgil's Aeneid (book 1, line 135), meaning "But it is better to calm the agitated waves." Exergue: 'SVB EXITVM ANNI MDCCLV'. (School of Nuremberg)