Medal from Bavaria made of Rhine silver, 1764
Also known as: Penning uit Beieren gemaakt van Rijnzilver 1764
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1764
Silver medal, on the obverse the bust of Charles Theodore of Bavaria facing right with circumscription, on the reverse a sunlit landscape with the Rhine near Mannheim with gold washers, with circumscription and exergue text.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-1949; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.8 cm x weight 7.23 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 2.8 cm x weight 7.23 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.8 cm x weight 7.23 g
Identification
- Original title
- Penning uit Beieren gemaakt van Rijnzilver 1764
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-2-1949
- Museum classification
- history medal · draagteken
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
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