Theseus Medal
Also known as: Theseus-penning
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1961-01-01 - 1961-12-31
Round bronze medal with rounded edges. Obverse: Cave in which, on the left, the Minotaur with a bladed weapon in the chest. This weapon is held by a man (Theseus), who holds the end of a thread.
On the ground: skull. Reverse: the thread (of Ariadne) runs from the obverse in a highly sinuous manner through a labyrinth. Accompanying the medal are a printed slip of paper and a square cardboard box. Obverse circumscription: Labore Sagax Beneficiens. Reverse: filo duce labyrintho evadit. Inscription: A. O. Beuth van Wickvoort Crommelin. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1991-4-17-1; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique casting; measurements diameter 5.9 cm x weight 138.98 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.
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- diameter 5.9 cm x weight 138.98 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.9 cm x weight 138.98 g
Design
- Obverse
- Cave in which, on the left, the Minotaur with a bladed weapon in the chest. This weapon is held by a man (Theseus), who holds the end of a thread. On the ground: skull.
- Reverse
- the thread (of Ariadne) runs from the obverse in a highly sinuous manner through a labyrinth. Accompanying the medal are a printed slip of paper and a square cardboard box. Obverse circumscription: Labore Sagax Beneficiens. Reverse: filo duce labyrintho evadit. Inscription: A. O. Beuth van Wickvoort Crommelin.
Identification
- Original title
- Theseus-penning
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-1991-4-17-1
- Museum classification
- erepenning
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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