Half stuiver, emergency coin from Deventer, struck during the siege
Also known as: Halve stuiver, noodmunt uit Deventer, geslagen tijdens het beleg
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1578
Copper emergency coin. Obverse: within a beaded circle, a crowned single-headed eagle facing left. Legend: Vrgen. Necess [small city coat of arms] Daven. 30 Oc 78. Reverse: within a beaded circle, denomination indication on one line: ½ S. Outside the beaded circle, a wreath. With countermark small city coat of arms?. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-2342; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2 cm x weight 1.66 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
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 2 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 1,66 g · diameter 2 cm x weight 1.66 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2 cm x weight 1.66 g
Design
- Obverse
- within a beaded circle, a crowned single-headed eagle facing left. Legend: Vrgen. Necess [small city coat of arms] Daven. 30 Oc 78.
- Reverse
- within a beaded circle, denomination indication on one line: ½ S. Outside the beaded circle, a wreath. With countermark small city coat of arms?.
Identification
- Original title
- Halve stuiver, noodmunt uit Deventer, geslagen tijdens het beleg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-2342
- Museum classification
- halve stuiver · siege coin · coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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