Brillentaler from Brunswick of Julius, 1588
Also known as: Brillentaler uit Brunswijk van Julius, 1588
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1588
Silver coin. Obverse: composite coat of arms, above which three crests. Reverse: wild man with gnarled stick in right hand and burning candle in left hand with leaping horse to the left in front of him. Date below. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0557C; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.7 cm x weight 28.71 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.7 cm x weight 28.71 g
Design
- Obverse
- composite coat of arms, above which three crests.
- Reverse
- wild man with gnarled stick in right hand and burning candle in left hand with leaping horse to the left in front of him. Date below.
Identification
- Original title
- Brillentaler uit Brunswijk van Julius, 1588
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-0557C
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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Catalogue references
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