Escudo from Spain of Joanna and Charles (V)
Also known as: Escudo uit Spanje van Johanna en Karel (V)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1506 - 1516
Gold coin. Obverse: crowned composite coat of arms with the cross of Jerusalem in the upper right quadrant. To the right of the coat of arms a letter S [=Seville]. Inscription: IOANNA ET KAROLVS RE. Reverse: within a quatrefoil decorated with four-leaf clovers, an equilateral short footed cross. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3462A; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.2 cm x weight 3.31 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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 2.2 cm x weight 3.31 g · diameter 2,2 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 3,31 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.2 cm x weight 3.31 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned composite coat of arms with the cross of Jerusalem in the upper right quadrant. To the right of the coat of arms a letter S [=Seville]. Inscription: IOANNA ET KAROLVS RE.
- Reverse
- within a quatrefoil decorated with four-leaf clovers, an equilateral short footed cross.
Identification
- Original title
- Escudo uit Spanje van Johanna en Karel (V)
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-3462A
- Museum classification
- coin · escudo
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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