Jeton from Brussels 1647
Also known as: Rekenpenning uit Brussel 1647
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1647
Copper jeton, on the obverse a coastal landscape above which the sun emerges through the clouds, with circumscription, on the reverse the crowned Spanish coat of arms surrounded by the collar of the Golden Fleece, with circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-1363; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.1 cm x weight 5.9 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 3.1 cm x weight 5.9 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 3.1 cm x weight 5.9 g
Identification
- Original title
- Rekenpenning uit Brussel 1647
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-2-1363
- 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.