Jetton from Antwerp for the Chamber of Accounts of Brabant on the desire for peace 1597
Also known as: Rekenpenning uit Antwerpen voor Rekenkamer van Brabant op de wens naar vrede 1597
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1597
Copper medal, on the obverse Belgium as a kneeling woman amidst implements of war and burning cities is encouraged by an angel, with an inscription, on the reverse the crowned Spanish coat of arms encircled by the collar of the Golden Fleece, with an inscription.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-1292; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3 cm x weight 4.93 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3 cm x weight 4.93 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3 cm x weight 4.93 g
Identification
- Original title
- Rekenpenning uit Antwerpen voor Rekenkamer van Brabant op de wens naar vrede 1597
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-2-1292
- Museum classification
- history medal · jeton
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against numismatic (jeton) references.