Bicentenary of the relief of Vlissingen, medal struck by order of the city of Vlissingen
Also known as: Tweehonderdste verjaardag van het ontzet van Vlissingen, penning geslagen op last van de stad Vlissingen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1772
Silver medal. Obverse: column with a bust of William I in a medallion; on the column a smoking censer surrounded by two ouroboroi; in the background the fleet of the Sea Beggars and bombardment of Spanish ships from the city of Vlissingen, within a circumscription; exergue: inscription.
Reverse: Liberty, depicted as a helmeted woman with a hat on a spear, tramples Superstition, depicted as a blindfolded youth with a sword; in the background a woman with a drawn sword and yoke, representing Tyranny, within a circumscription; exergue: date. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2739; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x weight 29.5 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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.1 cm x weight 29.5 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.1 cm x weight 29.5 g
Design
- Obverse
- column with a bust of William I in a medallion; on the column a smoking censer surrounded by two ouroboroi; in the background the fleet of the Sea Beggars and bombardment of Spanish ships from the city of Vlissingen, within a circumscription; exergue: inscription.
- Reverse
- Liberty, depicted as a helmeted woman with a hat on a spear, tramples Superstition, depicted as a blindfolded youth with a sword; in the background a woman with a drawn sword and yoke, representing Tyranny, within a circumscription; exergue: date.
Identification
- Original title
- Tweehonderdste verjaardag van het ontzet van Vlissingen, penning geslagen op last van de stad Vlissingen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2739
- Museum classification
- history medal · beggar's 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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