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LEDA AND SWAN Peter Paul Rubens 3 Oz Silver Coin 20$ Cook Islands 2014

LEDA AND SWAN Peter Paul Rubens 3 Oz Silver Coin 20$ Cook Islands 2014

LEDA AND SWAN Peter Paul Rubens 3 Oz Silver Coin 20$ Cook Islands 201493.3 (3 oz). A numismatic masterpiece, made of 3 oz of pure silver 999 with 16 authentic swarovski crystals inlaid in this 55 mm coin, issued by Cook Islands. Rubens was a flemish Baroque Painter, and a proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality. The “Leda and the Swan”, a story from Greek mythology, was one of his masterpieces. This coin depicts the painting Leda and the Swan, a story from Greek mythology, one of Dutch painter Peter Paul Rubens’ masterworks. Rubens