Capture of Bonn, Huy, Limburg, Rheinberg and Geldern, medal presented in Alkmaar to participants in a lottery for the Almoners' House
Also known as: Inname van Bonn, Huy, Limburg, Rheinberg en Geldern, penning te Alkmaar uitgereikt aan de deelnemers van een loterij voor het Aalmoezeniershuis
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1703
Silver medal. Obverse: female figure with hat, spear hung with three crowns, and money pouch, beside her a Dutch soldier with bundle of arrows and sword encircled by a triumphal wreath, and a river god with trident and caduceus; in the background three cities on a river and a fleet within an inscription, above an inscription. Reverse: two lottery drums, between which sits a naked child holding a lottery ticket in each hand; beside them two cornucopias, above them a cherub with scales and two lottery tickets within an inscription, above an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1886; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.7 cm x weight 42.51 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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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.7 cm x weight 42.51 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.7 cm x weight 42.51 g
Design
- Obverse
- female figure with hat, spear hung with three crowns, and money pouch, beside her a Dutch soldier with bundle of arrows and sword encircled by a triumphal wreath, and a river god with trident and caduceus; in the background three cities on a river and a fleet within an inscription, above an inscription.
- Reverse
- two lottery drums, between which sits a naked child holding a lottery ticket in each hand; beside them two cornucopias, above them a cherub with scales and two lottery tickets within an inscription, above an inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Inname van Bonn, Huy, Limburg, Rheinberg en Geldern, penning te Alkmaar uitgereikt aan de deelnemers van een loterij voor het Aalmoezeniershuis
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-1886
- Museum classification
- history medal
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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