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Coenraad Hendrik Cramer assumes the office of mintmaster of Gelderland, medal presented to the States of Gelderland

Also known as: Coenraad Hendrik Cramer aanvaardt het muntmeesterschap van Gelderland, penning aangeboden aan de Staten van Gelderland

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1714

Silver medal. Obverse: two women, one with a sceptre and accompanied by a peacock, and the other with a mask in her hand and accompanied by an owl, hold a laurel wreath together above the head of a woman who sits on a pedestal with a hat on a spear in her hand, within a circumscription.

Reverse: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2095; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.6 cm x weight 23.69 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 3.6 cm x weight 23.69 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 3.6 cm x weight 23.69 g

Design

Obverse
two women, one with a sceptre and accompanied by a peacock, and the other with a mask in her hand and accompanied by an owl, hold a laurel wreath together above the head of a woman who sits on a pedestal with a hat on a spear in her hand, within a circumscription.
Reverse
inscription.

Identification

Original title
Coenraad Hendrik Cramer aanvaardt het muntmeesterschap van Gelderland, penning aangeboden aan de Staten van Gelderland
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-1-2095
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.

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